Invasive alien species in Switzerland - Schweizer ...
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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