Parasitoids of the leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Elazığ Province, Turkey
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This study was carried out to determine parasitoid species attacking leafminers in the family Agromyzidae (Diptera) in Elazog province during 2009-2010. Infested leaves with leafminer larvae were collected from both cultivated and non-cultivated plants twice a month. Adult parasitoids were obtained by rearing them from infested leaves in the laboratory. Four parasitoid species belonging to the Braconidae (Hymenoptera); Opius (Opiu s) agromyzicola Fischer, Phaedrotoma diversa (Szepligeti), Pseudopezomachus cursitans (Ferriere), and Xynobius (Xynobius ) discoidalis (Fischer) and eight parasitoid species; belonging to the Eulophidae (Hymenoptera); Chrysocharis liriomyzae Delucchi, Cirrospilus lyncus Walker, Closterocerus formosus (Westwood), Diglyphus isaea (Walker, 1838), D. minoeus (Walker), D. pachyneurus Graham, and two of Pteromalidae: Halticoptera circulus (Walker), and H. patellana (Dalman) were found. Among the parasioids reared, C. lyncus , C. formosus , H. circulus , and and H. patellana were recorded for the first time from species of Agromyzidae in Turkey. In this study, the percentage of O. agromyzicola , P. diversa , P. cursitans , and C. was generally low. D. isaea was the predominant parasitoid species found, accounting for 47.66% of parasitism.
DOI: 10.5897/ajar11.1796
Author: Emine ÇIKMAN
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2139069954