Fopius arisanus ( Sonan, 1932 )

Marinho, Cláudia F., Costa, Valmir A. & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2018, Annotated checklist and illustrated key to braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of economically important fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Brazil, Zootaxa 4527 (1), pp. 21-36 : 27

Fopius arisanus ( Sonan, 1932)

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Diagnosis. Frons with large punctures (rugose appearance), occipital carina present, notauli crenulate, striate sculpturing on second metasomal tergum, fore wing hyaline with 2 nd submarginal cell short (3RSa less than or equal to 2RS), m-cu arising directly in line with 2RS, hind wing RS absent and m-cu present.

Comments. Fopius arisanus is easily separated from the other species discussed here, by its strongly sculptured body and dark thoracic pleura and abdomen. It is native to the Indo-Pacific Region and is an egg-larval parasitoid of fruit flies. It was introduced from Florida to Brazil by “Embrapa Semiárido” in 2012 ( Paranhos et al. 2013; Santos et al. 2014; Sá & Pessoa 2015). In Brazil, it is being studied to control Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis capitata ( Groth et al. 2016) .

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FIGURE 2. Fruit fly braconid parasitoids. Doryctobracon crawfordi (A); D. fluminensis (B); D. whartoni (C); Fopius arisanus (D); Opius bellus (E);Utetes anastrephae (F) (figures are not on the same scale).