Scientific name
Crinibracon chromusae Gupta & van Achterberg
Taxonomic position
Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae
Diagnosis
Images
Female, lateral view
Distribution
India (Karnataka).
Biology
Gregarious parasitoid of pupae of Hasora chromus (Cramer) (Hesperiidae) on Millettia (=Pongamia) pinnata (L.) Panigrahi (Fabaceae). Three species of hyperparasitoids, Philolema braconidis (Ferrière) (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), Nesolynx javanica Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), and an Eupelmus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) emerged along with C. chromusae from the pupae of H. chromus. All these species of parasitoids are known to be hyperparasitic on Lepidoptera through braconid cocoons.
Reference
- Gupta A., C. V. Achterberg & Malathi C. 2016. A new species of Crinibracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on pupae of Hasora chromus (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from India Zootaxa 4158 (2): 281–291. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.9
- Kittel, R. & Quicke, D.L.J. (2015) Platybracon Yang et al. (2008) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), junior homonymy and subjective synonymy—a systematic and nomenclatural note. Zootaxa, 4032 (2), 197-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.4
- Quicke, D.L.J. (1987) The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Natural History, 21 (1), 43-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222938700770031
- Quicke, D.L.J. (1988) Four new genera of the Plesiobracon Cameron group (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconinae). Zoological Scripta, 17, 411-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00116.x
- Quicke, D.L.J. & Shaw, M. (1988) Cocoon silk chemistry in parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) and their hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81 (2), 161-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00290.x
- van Achterberg, C. (1984) Revision of the genera of Braconini with first and second metasomal tergites immovable joined (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 127, 137-164.
- van Achterberg, C. (1988) Revision of the subfamily Blacinae Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 249, 1-324.
- van Achterberg, C. (1993) Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 283, 1-189.
- Yang, J.Q., Chen, J.H. & Liu, J.J. (2008) A new genus and a new species of Braconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33 (1), 61-64.
- Yu, D.S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (Eds.) (2012) Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Available from: www.taxapad.com(accessed 12 April 2016)
Credits
Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR. Web content added by Lavanya, 01-03-2018.
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