Ichneumonid parasitoids of Tortrix viridana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) in the west of Iran
Author
Mohammadi, Abbas
Author
Salah-A
Author
Lotfalizadeh, Hosseinali
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2016
2016-07-30
48
1
681
691
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5417296
0253-116X
5417296
Temelucha lucida
(SZEPLIGETI
,
1899)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
IRAN
,
Kurdistan province
, Marivan, Colit (N=
35° 41′ E
= 46° 18′,
1569 m
a.s.l.),
1♀
,
30.4.2013
, ex. last instar larva of
T
.
viridana
, 13,
9.5.2012
, ex. last instar larva of
T
.
viridana
,
1♀
,
10.5.2013
, ex. last instar larva of
T
.
viridana
,
1♀
,
16.5.2012
, ex. pupa of
T
.
viridana
,
2♀
,
26.5.2013
, ex. pupae of
T
.
viridana
, Ghaleji Village
(N=
35° 22′ E
= 46° 16′,
1264 m
a.s.l.),
1♀
,
24.5.2012
, ex. pupa of
T
.
viridana
, leg. S. Kamangar.
G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n:
Bulgaria
,
Czechoslovakia
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Italy
,
Moldova
,
Romania
,
Russia
, Russia-Altayskiy Kray, Russia-Dagestanskaya Respublika,
Turkey
(
YU et al. 2012
) and
Iran
(
Fars
and west Azarbaijan provinces) (GHAHARI &
JUSSILA 2011c).
D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s:
Temelucha lucida
can be distinguished from other species of this genus by a combination of the following characters: Body mostly black with abundant red pattern; lower margin of clypeus convex; head distinctly narrow posteriorly; clypeus moderately convex; scutellum partly yellow; propodeum short, convex laterally; mesoscutum densely and coarsely punctured; notauli absent; metasoma black with 1st -2nd tergite medially red; other tergites laterally yellow-red; ocelli small; ovipositor tip not curved; ovipositor as long as fore wing (
KASPARYAN 1981
).
H o s t s:
Isauria dilucidella
DUPONCHEL 1836 (Lep.:
Pyralidae
),
Rhyacionia buoliana
(DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER 1775)
(Lep.:
Tortricidae
) (
YU et al. 2012
) and
T
.
viridana
(new host record).
R e m a r k s:
Temelucha lucida
was a primary, solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid of
T
.
viridana
. Larva of
T
.
lucida
developed into larva of
T
.
viridana
and then adult emerged from larva or pupa of its host.