Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead, 1905)

Li, Xi-Ying, Achterberg, Cornelis van & Tan, Ji-Cai, 2013, Revision of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Hunan (China), including thirty-six new species and two new genera, ZooKeys 268, pp. 1-186 : 36

Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead, 1905)

Biosteres longicaudatus Ashmead, 1905: 970.

Biology.

Polyphagous parasitoid of Tephritidae, including Bactrocera , Carponmya , Dacus , Myopites , Philophylla , Procecidochares , Rhagoletis and Toxotrypana spp.

Distribution.

Oriental and introduced in southern U.S.A., Neotropics, Pacific, southern Europe and Australia for biocontrol.