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An <strong>in</strong>ventory of <strong>alien</strong> <strong>species</strong> and their threat to biodiversity and economy <strong>in</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong> FOEN 2006 94<br />

Tab. 4.3 > Established <strong>alien</strong> <strong>in</strong>sects <strong>in</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong>: Hymenoptera.<br />

Species Habitat – Life traits Orig<strong>in</strong> References for <strong>Switzerland</strong><br />

HYMENOPTERA<br />

Symphyta<br />

Siricidae<br />

Sirex cyaneus Fabricius Feeds on conifer trunks (ma<strong>in</strong>ly Abies) North America Pschorn-Walcher and Taeger, 1995<br />

Tenthred<strong>in</strong>idae<br />

Nematus tibialis Newman Defoliator on Rob<strong>in</strong>ia North America Liston, 1981, Pschorn-Walcher and<br />

Taeger, 1995<br />

Apocrita<br />

Aphel<strong>in</strong>idae<br />

Aphel<strong>in</strong>us mali (Haldeman) Parasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), <strong>in</strong>troduced<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong><br />

North America Greathead, 1976; Noyes, 2002<br />

Aphytis proclia (Walker) Parasitoid of scale <strong>in</strong>sects, <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> Italy Asia Greathead, 1976; Noyes, 2002<br />

Encarsia berlesei (Howard)<br />

Encarsia formosa Gahan<br />

Encarsia lounshuryi (Berlese & Paoli)<br />

Encarsia perniciosi (Tower)<br />

Braconidea<br />

Parasitoid of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-<br />

Tozzetti), <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> Italy<br />

Biocontrol agent aga<strong>in</strong>st whiteflies. Only <strong>in</strong> greenhouses<br />

Parasitoid of Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan),<br />

<strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> Italy<br />

Parasitoid of San José scale, <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong><br />

Aphidius colemani Viereck Biocontrol agent aga<strong>in</strong>st aphids <strong>in</strong> greenhouses India<br />

Dry<strong>in</strong>idae<br />

East Asia<br />

South and Central America<br />

Madeira<br />

Probably Asia<br />

Mani et al., 1997<br />

Greathead, 1976; Noyes, 2002<br />

Greathead, 1976; Noyes, 2002<br />

Mani and Baroffio, 1997<br />

Neodry<strong>in</strong>us typhlocybae (Ashmead) Parasitoid of Metcalfa pru<strong>in</strong>osa Say, <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> Tic<strong>in</strong>o North America Jerm<strong>in</strong>i et al., 2000<br />

Encyrtidae<br />

Metaphycus helvolus (Compere) Biocontrol agent aga<strong>in</strong>st scale <strong>in</strong>sects. Only <strong>in</strong> greenhouses<br />

Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard) Parasitoid of Lymantria dispar L., <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> Europe.<br />

Not reported from <strong>Switzerland</strong> but from all adjacent<br />

countries<br />

Formicidae<br />

South Africa Noyes, 2002<br />

East Asia Greathead, 1976; Noyes, 2002<br />

Hypoponera schau<strong>in</strong>slandi (Emery) Antropophilic, <strong>in</strong> greenhouses or other heated build<strong>in</strong>gs. Unclear, tropics Neumeyer & Seifert, 2005<br />

L<strong>in</strong>epithema humile (Mayr) Various habitats <strong>in</strong>doors and outdoors, perhaps not<br />

established <strong>in</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong><br />

South America Kutter, 1981<br />

Monomorium pharaonis (L.) On stored products, antropophilic, ma<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>in</strong>doors South Asia Freitag et al., 2000<br />

Paratrech<strong>in</strong>a longicornis (Latreille)<br />

Tap<strong>in</strong>oma melanocephalum (F.)<br />

Sphecidae<br />

Isodontia mexicana (Saussure)<br />

Sceliphron curvatum (F. Smith)<br />

Torymidae<br />

Omnivorous, antropophilic, found <strong>in</strong> Zürich airport <strong>in</strong><br />

1999, perhaps not established<br />

On stored products, antropophilic, <strong>in</strong>doors only<br />

Predatory wasp, feeds on criquets, In Tic<strong>in</strong>o<br />

Lemanic region<br />

Predatory wasp, anthropophilic<br />

Old world tropics<br />

Cosmopolitan, tropics<br />

Freitag et al., 2000<br />

Dorn et. al., 1997<br />

and North America Vernier, 1995, 2000<br />

Asia<br />

Gonseth & al. 2001<br />

Megastigmus spermotrophus Wachtl Feeds on seeds of Pseudotsuga North America Roques and Skrzypczynska, 2003<br />

Trichogrammatidae<br />

Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko Biocontrol agent aga<strong>in</strong>st Lepidoptera Eastern Europe Noyes, 2002

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