Dacnusa dryas (Nixon, 1948)

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 48-49

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5513.1.1

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scientific name

Dacnusa dryas
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dryas View in CoL ( Nixon, 1948; Rhizarcha )

Group: 1c.

Literature: Nixon 1948 -223; Griffiths II-564 (K III-893); Tobias (23, 59).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Agromyza spp. on Vicia spp. and Medicago spp. ( Fabaceae ). Evidence — Griffiths (2); NMS (3); Heimpel and Meloche (2001). Comment —Recorded hosts: A. frontella , A. vicifoliae . Has been introduced to North America where it also attacks a Liriomyza sp.

DNA Barcode: Yes (British partial sequences cluster strongly with a Canadian clade).

Notes: Introduced to the United States and Canada in the late 1970s where it controlled the introduced A. frontella , a pest there called the alfalfa blotch miner (reviewed by Heimpel & Meloche 2001). Guppy and Meloche (1987) describe life history and immature stages in Canada.

ergeteles ( Nixon, 1954; Pachysema )

Group: 2d.

Literature: Nixon 1954 -267; Griffiths III-811 (K III-899); Tobias (117).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Phytomyza sp. , possibly on Ranunculaceae . Evidence— Griffiths (1 Danish specimen but host unclear).

euphrasiella Griffiths, 1984 View in CoL

Group: 2d.

Literature: Griffiths VII-351 (K VII-352).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza affinis in seedheads of Euphrasia spp. ( Orobanchaceae ). Evidence —Griffiths (4).

evadne Nixon, 1937 View in CoL

Group: 2d.

Literature: Nixon 1937 -60; Nixon 1954 -264; Griffiths II-564 (K III-896); Tobias (101, 169).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Agromyza idaeiana ( = spiraeae ) on Filipendula ulmaria (Roseaceae). Evidence— Griffiths (10); NMS (11).

DNA Barcode: Yes.

faeroeensis (Roman, 1917; Rhizarcha )

Synonymy: lestes Nixon, 1937 .

Group: 1c.

Literature: Nixon 1937 -68; Nixon 1948 -221; Griffiths (K III-893); Tobias (32, 61); Papp (2007b, p. 31).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Scaptomyza graminum ( Drosophilidae ) on Brassicaceae and Anthyllis vulneraria ( Fabaceae ). Evidence— NMS (28).

DNA Barcode: Yes; see also D. confinis .

Notes: Parasitoids from different host plants have same barcode. Not closely related to Dacnusa temula , the only other Dacnusini attacking drosophilids.

fasciata Stelfox, 1954 View in CoL

Group: 2d.

Literature: Nixon 1954 -273; Griffiths III-822 (K III-897); Tobias (135, 176).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Phytomyza dasyops (whose host plant was not recorded but likely internal feeder in Orobanchaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (7).

[festa (Goureau, 1851, Coelinius )]

Literature: Marshall (1891 -1896, p. 522); Griffiths III-929.

Notes: Griffiths (loc. cit.) discusses and considers the taxa a nomen dubium . Host ( Phytomyza primulae [ = cinerella ]) and figure in Goureau suggest Dacnusa -genus group rather than Coelinius .

[ flavicoxa Thomson, 1895 ; Dacnusa View in CoL ]

Notes: Antrusa flavicoxa View in CoL mistakenly in Dacnusa View in CoL in Fauna Europaea (2023).

fuscipes Griffiths, 1967

Group: 2d.

Literature: Griffiths III-818 (K III-896); Tobias (93).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza spp. forming blotch mines. Evidence— Griffiths (5). Comment — Recorded hosts P. angelicae ( = laserpitii ) on Laserpitium latifolium ( Apiaceae ) and P. aconiti on Delphinium oxysepalum ( Ranunculaceae ). Disjunct host association would benefit from further research.

[ gallarum ( Ratzeburg, 1852; Bracon )]

Literature: Ratzeburg (1852).

Notes: Not treated by modern authors; reared from Nematus leaf-galls (Symphyta) on Salix (Salicaeae) and if host correct very unlikely to be Dacnusini .

gentianae Griffiths, 1967

Group: 1a.

Literature: Griffiths III-831 (K III-893); Tobias (27, 60).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza spp. mining Gentianaceae . Evidence— Griffiths (5). Comment — Recorded hosts P. vernalis , P. gentianae , P. swertiae .

groschkeana Griffiths, 1968

Group: 2d.

Literature: Griffiths V-20 (K V-18); Tobias (33, 61).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Liriomyza veratri mining Veratrum album ( Melanthiaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (12).

Similar species: D. laeta .

helvetica Griffiths, 1967

Group: 1a.

Literature: Griffiths III-830 (K III-893); Tobias (20).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Phytomyza ramosa mining Knautia arvensis ( Caprifoliaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (2).

heringi Griffiths, 1967

Group: 1c.

Literature: Griffiths III-827 (K III-892); Tobias (38, 53).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Phytomyza griffithsi on Plantago media ( Plantaginaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (8).

DNA Barcode: No; BIN with likely undescribed species near D. heringi .

hospita (Förster, 1863; Aphanta )

Group: 2a.

Literature: Nixon 1954 -279; Griffiths III-802, [V-18, VII-350] (K III-895); Tobias (222).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Phytomyza spp. on Ranunculus spp. ( Ranunculaceae ). Evidence —Griffiths (2); NMS (2).

DNA Barcode: Yes.

Similar species: D. sasakawai .

Notes: Based on its unusual venation, hospita is sometimes placed in the genus Aphanta (with sasakawai Takada ); Griffith’s I-854 argument that it is a derived species of Dacnusa is followed here.

jakovlevi Tobias, 1986

Literature: Tobias (219).

Similar species: D. obesa .

Notes: Briefly described in a key from a single female.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Dacnusa

Loc

Dacnusa dryas

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van 2024
2024
Loc

jakovlevi

Tobias 1986
1986
Loc

euphrasiella

Griffiths 1984
1984
Loc

fasciata

Stelfox 1954
1954
Loc

evadne

Nixon 1937
1937
Loc

flavicoxa

Thomson 1895
1895
Loc

Dacnusa

Haliday 1833
1833
Loc

Dacnusa

Haliday 1833
1833
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