Telenomuscristatus Johnson (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): new diagnostic data, distribution records and host associations

Madeline E Potter; Jonathan S Bremer; Matthew R Moore; Elijah J Talamas; Paula M Shrewsbury

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e111347

Telenomuscristatus Johnson (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): new diagnostic data, distribution records and host associations

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Nov 7:11:e111347. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e111347. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Madeline E Potter¹, Jonathan S Bremer², Matthew R Moore³, Elijah J Talamas², Paula M Shrewsbury¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America University of Maryland College Park, MD United States of America.
² Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL, United States of America Florida State Collection of Arthropods Gainesville, FL United States of America.
³ Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Gainesville, FL, United States of America Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Gainesville, FL United States of America.

Abstract

Specimens of an egg parasitoid wasp, Telenomuscristatus Johnson (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae), were reared from stink bug egg masses collected in the wild, in Maryland, United States. The egg masses were identified morphologically as Halyomorphahalys (Stål), Banasa Stål and Euschistus Dallas (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Molecular tools were used to further identify the Euschistus egg masses as E.servus (Say) and E.tristigmus (Say). All of these are new host associations for Te.cristatus. We also provide data to contribute to future identification of Te.cristatus: images of the holotype specimen and COI sequences from two disparate localities.

Keywords: BMSB; egg parasitoid; new host associations; stink bug.

Madeline E. Potter, Jonathan S. Bremer, Matthew R. Moore, Elijah J. Talamas, Paula M. Shrewsbury.