Selitrichodes Girault

Kelly, Janine, Salle, John La, Harney, Marlene, Dittrich-Schröder, Gudrun & Hurley, Brett, 2012, Selitrichodes neseri n. sp., a new parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), Zootaxa 3333, pp. 50-57 : 52

Selitrichodes Girault

Selitrichodes Girault (1913) was treated by Kim et al. (2008) who resurrected the genus from synonymy under Aprostocetus Westwood , provided a generic diagnosis and list of included species, and newly described S. kryceri as a potentially beneficial parasitoid of Leptocybe invasa . At that time they recognised 12 species of Selitrichodes from Australia. No species are known from outside of Australia except for those which have moved (intentionally or not) with Eucalyptus . Most Australian species are known from Queensland through collections made by A.A. Girault, although indications from rearing activities and specimens in collections are that this genus has wide distribution across Australia. It was recognized that most species were associated with galls, but little detailed biological information was available for most species and there was no indication that any of the species were gall inducers. Subsequently, Selitrichodes globulus La Salle & Gates was described as an invasive species from California that induces galls on blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus ( La Salle et al. 2009) .