Description of a new species of the genus Atanycolus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Lamprodila nobilissima bellula (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in China

Liang-Ming Cao; Ji-Yu Xie; Xin-Geng Wang; Xiao-Yi Wang; Therese M. M. Poland; Toby R. Petrice; Zhong-Qi Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.5

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Description of a new species of the genus Atanycolus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Lamprodila nobilissima bellula (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in China

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Authors:

Liang-Ming Cao, Ji-Yu Xie, Xin-Geng Wang, Xiao-Yi Wang, Therese M. M. Poland, Toby R. Petrice, Zhong-Qi Yang

Year:

2024

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.5

Source:

Zootaxa

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Abstract

Atanycolus yangi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new species parasitizing the flatheaded wood borer, Lamprodila nobilissima bellula (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is described. Lamprodila nobilissima bellula is a serious wood boring pest of Rosacea trees in North China. We collected adult specimens of A. yangi sp. nov. searching for hosts on infested tree trunks and confirmed the host-parasitoid association by dissecting parasitized hosts from infested trees in the field and rearing the parasitoid from L. nobilissima bellula-infested host tree logs in the laboratory. Adult images for both sexes of the new parasitoid species are provided. A morphological identification key to Oriental and Palaearctic species similar to A. yangi sp. nov is also presented.

Keywords

braconid, natural enemy, woodborer, biocontrol agent, solitary

Citation

Cao, Liang-Ming; Xie, Ji-Yu; Wang, Xin-Geng; Wang, Xiao-Yi; Poland, Therese M.; Petrice, Toby R.; Yang, Zhong-Qi. 2024. Description of a new species of the genus Atanycolus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Lamprodila nobilissima bellula (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in China. Zootaxa. 5448(2): 248-260. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.5.