A new parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of the invasive bamboo aphids Takecallis spp. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Western Europe |
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| Authors: | Ehsan Rakhshani Xavier Pons Belén Lumbierres Jan Havelka Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo Željko Tomanović |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, I.R. Iranrakhshani@uoz.ac.ir;3. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, Agrotecnio Centre, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain;4. Laboratory of Aphidology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, AVCR, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic;5. Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva (ICBiBE), Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain;6. Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Abstract: | A long-term survey of tritrophic (plant–aphid–parasitoid) associations in the urban ecosystems of Lleida (Catalonia) and Paris (France) resulted in the detection of associations of two bamboo aphids, Takecallis arundinariae (Essig) and Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi), respectively, with a new aphid parasitoid species. Trioxys remaudierei Starý & Rakhshani sp. nov. is described and illustrated as a unique parasitoid of Takecallis aphids outside the area of their origin. The new species is easily distinguishable from its congeners in having the ventral prongs of the abdomen fused over two-thirds of their length, then bifurcated towards the tip. The only morphologically similar species is Trioxys betulae (Marshall), which exhibits a clearly different prong shape (and has a different host range, Symydobius Mordvilko and Clethrobius Mordvilko). The new species is compared with allied taxa associated with bamboo aphids. The occurrence of Takecallis taiwanus on bamboo is recorded in France for the first time. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED15BA16-E8A9-4CEA-BDA7-FBAB02FEB091 |
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| Keywords: | Aphid parasitoid Arboretum new species Phyllostachys Trioxys |
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