Goniozus indicus (ASHMEAD 1903)

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Goniozus indicus (ASHMEAD 1903)

Goniozus indicus (ASHMEAD 1903) : WILLIAMS 1983: 21 (tab. 3: biol., Mauritius, not established).

Goniozus indicus (ASHMEAD 1903) : POLASZEK et al. 1994: 67 (key, tab. 1: cat.), 68 (tax., descr.

, biol., Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion), 70 (fig. 15), 76 (figs 78, 79), 77 (fig. 81).

Goniozus indicus (ASHMEAD 1903) : WILLIAMS 1983: 21 (tab. 1: biology, Mauritius not established).

* Goniozus sp. : MOUTIA 1957: 258 (tab. 3: biol., Mauritius).

Goniosis (!) sp.: WILLIAMS 1958: 120 (biol., Mauritius).

Goniozus sp. : APPERT 1973: 81 (biol., Madagascar, as Gonyphus), 89 ( Madagascar, introduced from Africa).

Goniozus sp. : WILLIAMS 1974: 11 (cat., Mauritius).

Goniozus sp. : BETBEDER- Matibet 1977 not seen

Goniozus sp. : ETIENNE 1977 not seen

Goniozus sp. : WILLIAMS 1980: 14 (cat., Mauritius).

Goniozus sp. : VAYSSIÈRES 1997: not seen

Goniozus sp. : GANESHAN & WILLIAMS 2001: 16 (cat., Mauritius).

Goniozus sp. : QUILICI, VINCENOT & FRANCK 2003: 128 (biol., Réunion), 154 (cat.), 157 (cat., biol.).

Hosts: Maliarpha separatella RAGONOT 1888 ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) – Cryptophlebia leucotreta MEYRICK 1913, C. peltastica (MEYRICK 1921), C. semilunana (SAALMUTTER 1880), Eccopsis praecedens WALSINGHAM 1897; Strepsicrates rhothia MEYRICK 1910 ( Lepidoptera : Olethreutidae ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: without locality – Réunion: Réunion – Mauritius: Mauritius.

Known from the Ethiopian, Neotropical and Oriental Region. Introduced for biological control into Mauritius (1960), Réunion (1972) and Madagascar (1973).