Opius melanagromyzae, Madl & Achterberg, 2014

Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 5-220 : 162-163

Opius (Merotrachys) melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966

Opius melanagromyzae n.sp.: FISCHER 1966: 229 (descr. ♂ ♀, biol., Madagascar), 231 (figs 4, 5). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : GREATHEAD 1969: 559 (tab. 4: biol., Madagascar,

Mauritius). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : ANONYMUS (det. Fischer ) 1971: 16 ( Madagascar). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : FISCHER 1971b: 10 (tax., Mauritius (?)). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : FISCHER 1971c: 86 (tax., cat.), 141 (host-parasite cat.). Opius (Merotrachys) melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : FISCHER 1972a: 34 (tax., key). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : WILLIAMS 1974: 4 (host-parasite cat. Mauritius). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : WILLIAMS 1980: 5 (host-parasite cat. Mauritius). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : PAPP 1985: 212 (cat.). Opius (Merotrachys) melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : FISCHER 1987: 517 (key), 525 (tax., descr.

♂ ♀, Madagascar, Mauritius), 526 (figs 438, 439). Utetes (Merotrachys) melanagromyzae (FISCHER 1966) : FISCHER 1998: 34 (tax., key). Opius melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : GANESHAN & WILLIAMS 2001: 7 (host-parasite cat.

Mauritius). Opius (Merotrachys) melanagromyzae FISCHER 1966 : FISCHER & MADL 2008: 1475 (cat.), 1489

(tab. 1: distr.). * Opius liogaster SZÉPLIGETI 1914 : MOUTIA 1934: 425 (biol., Mauritius). Opius liogaster SZÉPLIGETI 1914 : MOUTIA & MAMET 1947: 28 (host-parasite cat. Mauritius). Opius liogaster SZÉPLIGETI 1914 : WILLIAMS 1958: 112 (cat. Mauritius). Opius (Lissosema) liogaster SZÉPLIGETI 1914 : FISCHER 1987: 461 (? Mauritius). Opius liogaster SZÉPLIGETI 1914 : RECKHAUS 1987: 241 (biol., Madagascar).

H o s t Melanagromyza phaseoli VANSCHUYTBROECK 1951 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Madagascar: Prov. Fianarantsoa: Massif de l'Isalo (Miandrivazo) Mauritius: Mauritius.

Known from the Afrotropical region. Opius melanagromyzae has been successfully introduced into Madagascar and Mauritius for biological control.