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
Bactrocera
neohumeralis
Opius fletcheri A Braconid larval parasite from Australia (May & Kleinschmidt, 1954).
Opius kraussi A Braconid larval parasite from Australia (May & Kleinschmidt, 1954;
Snowball, 1966).
Opius tryoni A Braconid larval parasite from Australia (May & Kleinschmidt, 1954;
Snowball, 1966).
Fopius schlingeri An egg-pupal Braconid parasite from Australia (Wharton, 1999)
Fopius arisanus
(=Opius oophilus)
Bactrocera
occipitalis
Bactrocera oleae Psyttalia (=Opius)
concolor
Bactrocera oleae
(Cont.)
A Braconid egg-pupal parasite from the Australian Region (Quimio & Walter,
2001).
Dipterophagus daci A Dipterophagid (Strepsiptera) gregarious (2-6 per host) endoparasite from
Australia which attacks the soft ternal adult stage,resulting in sterile hosts
(Drew & Allwood, 1985)..
A Braconid larval parasite with 30% parasitism from N. Africa, S. Europe
(Silvestri, 1914; Clausen, 1956; Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson,
1943; Fry, 1987; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962; Kapatos, et al., 1977;
Nuenschwander, et al., 1983; Kimani-Nojou, et al., 2000; El-Heneidy, et al.,
2001). Introduced to Italy in 1933 for olive fly control (Kimani-Nojou, et al.,
2000). From Spain-- In Peru and Bolivia (Rogg & Camacho, 2003).
Opius dacicida A Braconid larval parasite from Ethiopia, Italy, S. Africa (Silvestri, 1914;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Opius lonsburyi A Braconid larval parasite from the Transvaal, Kenya (Silvestri, 1914;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Opius africanus A Braconid larval parasite from South Africa, also in Italy (Silvestri, 1914;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Sigalphus daci A Braconid parasite from South Africa, Ethiopia (Silvestri, 1914; Thompson,
1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Bracon celer An important Braconid parasite from South Africa (Silvestri, 1914; Narayanan
& Chawla, 1962).
Galesus silvestrii A Proctotrupid pupal parasite from Nigeria bred in lab (Silvestri, 1914;
Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Biosteres
longicaudatus
Achrysocharis
formosa erythrea
Achrysocharis
formosa meridionalis
Allocerellus
inquirendus
Euderus (Allomphale)
cavasolae
Amblymerus
modestus
Atoposoma
variegatum
Cratotrechus
larvarum
An Indo-Australian Braconid larval parasite, now in Hawaii, Fiji,America,
Carribean, Florida (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
An Eulophid parasite from Ethiopia (Thompson, 1943).
An Eulophid parasite from S. Africa attacks small larvae (Thompson, 1943;
Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
An Encyrtid parasite from Ethiopia (Thompson, 1943).
An Eulophid ectoparasite from Italy (Thompson, 1943).
A Pteromalid parasite from Ethiopia (Thompson, 1943).
An Eulophid parasite from Ethiopia (Thompson, 1943).
An Eulophid parasite from Italy (Thompson, 1943).
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