Opius longicaudatus (Ashmead)

Fullaway, D. T., 1946, Ichneumonidae, Evaniidae, And Braconidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 221-227 : 226

9. Opius longicaudatus (Ashmead) .

Biosteres longicaudatus Ashmead , U. S. Nat. Mus., Proc. 28: 970, 1905.

Biosteres= Opius, Gahan , U. S. Nat. Museum, Proc. 49: 65, 1916.

This braconid was described from Manila, and now is recorded from Guam for the first time. Ritidian Point , Aug. 6, reared from the fruitfly Dacus ochrosiae Malloch in Ochrosia sp . Search was made for it in other parts of the island. The fruitfly was reared from Ochrosia fruits from several places, but no other parasites were obtained except the first ones. In November 1937, R. G. Oakley reported that the parasite had been recovered from infested Ochrosia fruits at Orate Point , and infested Ximenia fruits between Dededo aqd Yigo .