Notes on three braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) parasitizing oak long-horned beetle, Massicus raddei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a severe pest of Quercus spp. in China, together with the description of a new species

Liangming Cao; Zhongqi Yang; Yanlong Tang; Xiaoyi Wang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.6

Notes on three braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) parasitizing oak long-horned beetle, Massicus raddei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a severe pest of Quercus spp. in China, together with the description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2015 Sep 28;4021(3):467-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.6.

Authors

Liangming Cao¹, Zhongqi Yang², Yanlong Tang¹, Xiaoyi Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of China State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Email: unknown.
² The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of China State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Email: yangzhqi@126.com.

PMID: 26624143
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.6

Abstract

Three species of Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitize larvae of oak longhorn beetle Massicus raddei Blessig (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a serious wood borer pest in North China. Rhoptrocentrus quercusi sp. nov., is described as a new species and Doryctes petiolatus Shestakov, as well as Zombrus bicolor (Enderlein). The three species are idiobiont ectoparasitoids, and may have potential for biological control of oak longhorn beetle.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Control Agents
China
Coleoptera / parasitology
Female
Male
Quercus / parasitology
Species Specificity
Wasps / anatomy & histology*
Wasps / classification*

Substances

Biological Control Agents