Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) - USDA - aphis

Jeffrey N. L. Stibick
Parasites and Predators of the Tephritidae - Table 2
Species Parasites/Predators Notes
Fopius (=Opius)
persulcatus
A primarily 1st to 2nd instar Braconid parasite from Malaya, India attacking
larvae on fruit in trees (Bess, et al., 1950; Cochereau, 1970; Serit, et al.,
1986).With O. oophilus, is 23% of parasite pop. (Narayanan & Chawla,
1962). In Thailand (Chinajariyawong, et al., 2000).
Biosteres deeralensis A Braconid larval parasite from Australia & New Guinea reared in Hawaii
(Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Biosteres hageni A Braconid parasite from Fiji reared in lab (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Diachasmimorpha
kraussii (=Biosteres
kraussii)
An Australian Braconid larval parasite (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983). D.
kraussii cannot successfully reproduce in Hawaiian B dorsalis
(Rungrojwanich & Walter, 2000).
Biosteres persulcatus A Braconid parasite from India, Malaysia parasitism .1% (Wharton & Gilstrap,
1983; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962; Serit & Tan, 1990).
Biosteres skinneri A Braconid parasite from Malaysia, Philippines which more readily attacks
Tephritids in cucurbits,reared in lab (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Serit & Tan,
1990).
Biosteres tryoni An Indo-Australian Braconid larval parasite, now in Hawaii, Fiji, Australia,
America, Carribean, Florida (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943;
Wharton & Marsh, 1978; Fry, 1987).
Opius fijiensis A Braconid egg-larval parasite from Australia, S. Pacific, in lab (Wharton &
Gilstrap, 1983).
Opius makii A Braconid parasite from SE Asia (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson,
1943; Cochereau, 1970; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Opius manii A Braconid parasite from India (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962; Kapoor, 1993).
Opius mitis A Braconid parasite in Peru and Bolivia (Rogg & Camacho, 2003).
Biosteres javanus A Braconid parasite from Java (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla,
1962).
Galesus sp. A Diapriid parasite from Malaya, India (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962; Kapoor, 1993).
Opius fletcheri A Braconid parasite from Malaysia, India (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962).
Spalangia sp. A Pteromalid parasite from Malaysia (Thompson, 1943; Cochereau,
1970;Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Tachinaephagus sp. An Encyrtid from Malaysia (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Tetrastichus sp. An Eulophid parasite from Malaysia (Thompson, 1943).
Spalangia endius A Pteromalid larval-pupal (?) parasite with many hosts, world-dist (Boucek,
1963).
Spalangia gemina A Pteromalid pupal parasite with a wide host range from Asia through S.
America (Boucek, 1963).
Pachyneuron
A Pteromalid parasite from SE Asia (Cochereau, 1970).
vindemmiae
Dirhinus giffardii A Chalcidid pupal parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Cothonaspis sp. A Cynipid parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962; Kapoor, 1993).
Trybliographa daci A Cynipid parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962.
Pilinothrix sp. A Cynipid parasite from Malaya (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Dirhinus luzonensis A Chalcid parasite from Malaya (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
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