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Biological Control of Insect Pests: Southeast Asian Prospects - EcoPort

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Table 4.12.1 (contÕd) Parasitoids <strong>of</strong> the green vegetable bug, Nezara viridula (modified after Jones 1988)<br />

Parasitoid<br />

HYMENOPTERA<br />

Geographic range Known host relations Selected references<br />

PTEROMALIDAE<br />

Pteromalus sp. Egypt One record ex N. viridula Adair 1918<br />

3 spp. Brazil Ferreira & Moscardi 1995<br />

SCELIONIDAE<br />

Gryon fulviventris Africa, Asia Pentatomoidea; attacks N. viridula only in Thailand Anderson 1919; Dry 1921,<br />

Jones 1988<br />

Gryon japonicum Japan, Brazil native <strong>of</strong> Japan Kishino & Teixeira 1994<br />

Gryon obesum Southern USA, Brazil Records ex N. viridula; attacks other pentatomids Buschman & Whitcomb<br />

1980; Masner 1983;<br />

H<strong>of</strong>fmann et al. 1991;<br />

Correa & Moscardi 1995<br />

Gryon sp. Australia Minor attack on N. viridula Titmarsh 1979<br />

Gryon sp. Laos One record ex N. viridula; may be G. fulviventris Grist & Lever 1969; Dean<br />

1978a,b<br />

Gryon sp. India One record ex N. viridula, may be G. fulviventris Yadava et al. 1982<br />

Psix lacunatus Asia, Australia Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae; ex N. viridula in Pakistan Johnson & Masner 1985<br />

Psix striaticeps Africa, India<br />

Togo<br />

Pentatomidae; recorded once ex ÔNezaraÕ<br />

Common on N. viridula and 2 other pentatomids<br />

Telenomus chloropus Palearctic Pentatomidae; major parasitoid <strong>of</strong> Nezara spp. in<br />

E. Asia; females only in Japan<br />

Fouts 1934; Johnson &<br />

Masner 1985;<br />

Poutouli 1995<br />

Kiritani & Hokyo 1962;<br />

Hokyo & Kiritani 1963;<br />

Johnson 1984a<br />

Telenomus comperei Philippines Cadapan & Alba 1987<br />

Telenomus cristatus Southern USA, West<br />

Indies<br />

Known only ex N. viridula and Acrosternum hilare Johnson 1984a; Orr et al.<br />

1986<br />

4.12 Nezara viridula 205

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