Baeoentedon balios (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a parasitoid of ficus whitefly,Singhiella simplex (Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), new to the United States |
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| Authors: | Zachary J Lahey Andrew Polaszek |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Museum of Biological Diversity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;2. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | A new host and distribution record is provided for the whitefly parasitoid Baeoentedon balios Wang, Huang, & Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Specimens were reared from ficus whitefly, Singhiella simplex (Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, representing the second confirmed host for B. balios, as well as the first record of Baeoentedon Girault from the Western Hemisphere. |
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| Keywords: | Adventive species biological control Euderomphalini whitefly |
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