Accurate identification of parasitoids is crucial for biological control of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug,
Halyomrpha halys
(Stål). A recent work by Talamas et al. (2017) revised the ...Palearctic fauna of
Trissolcus
Ashmead, egg-parasitoids of stink bugs, and treated numerous species as junior synonyms of
T. semistriatus
(Nees von Esenbeck). In the present paper, we provide a detailed taxonomic history and treatment of
T. semistriatus
and the species treated as its synonyms by Talamas et al. (2017) based on examination of primary types, molecular analyses and mating experiments.
Trissolcus semistriatus
,
T. belenus
(Walker),
T. colemani
(Crawford), and
T. manteroi
(Kieffer) are here recognized as valid and a key to species is provided. The identification tools provided here will facilitate the use of
Trissolcus
wasps as biological control agents and as the subject of ecological studies.
The following four species new to science are described: Platygaster azarbaijanica Buhl & Asadi sp. nov., Platygaster lotfalizadehi Buhl & Asadi sp. nov., Platygaster karimpouri Asadi & Buhl sp. nov. ...and Synopeas calecai Buhl & Asadi sp. nov. Diagnostic characters are discussed, and figures are provided to distinguish the new species. In addition, ten species of Platygastrinae Howard, 1892 belonging to the genera Platygaster Latreille, 1809, Synopeas Förster, 1856 and Leptacis Förster, 1856 are reported as new records for the fauna of Iran. Four species of Platygaster and one species of Synopeas are recorded as ʻconferʼ.
Accurate identification of parasitoids is crucial for biological control of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomrpha halys (Stål). A recent work by Talamas et al. (2017) revised the ...Palearctic fauna of Trissolcus Ashmead, egg-parasitoids of stink bugs, and treated numerous species as junior synonyms of T. semistriatus (Nees von Esenbeck). In the present paper, we provide a detailed taxonomic history and treatment of T. semistriatus and the species treated as its synonyms by Talamas et al. (2017) based on examination of primary types, molecular analyses and mating experiments. Trissolcus semistriatus, T. belenus (Walker), T. colemani (Crawford), and T. manteroi (Kieffer) are here recognized as valid and a key to species is provided. The identification tools provided here will facilitate the use of Trissolcus wasps as biological control agents and as the subject of ecological studies.
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