Protelenomus sp. タマゴクロバチの一種（おそらく未記載種）

• • Presumably this species has not yet been described.

This tiny wasp is an egg parasitoid of Anoplocnemis phasiana (Heteroptera, Coreidae) being collected on Ishigaki-jima Island, the Ryukyus, Japan. This species represents phoresy and is usually observed on several parts of the body of the adult hosts.

Literatures 文献

1. Ghesquière J (1948) Contribution à l’étude des Microhyménoptères du Congo belge. XII. – Un Proctotrupien phorétique nouveau (Hym. Scelionidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 40: 323–327.

2. Kieffer JJ (1906) Description de quelques nouveaux sephides. – Bulletin de la societe d’Histoire Naturelle de Metz 25: 1–7.

3. Kamalanathan V, Notton DG, Polaszek A (2019) World Revision of the Genus Protelenomus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Telenominae). Annales Zoologici, 69(2):381-406 [https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.2.006]

4. Kohno K (2002) Phoresy by an egg parasitoid, Protelenomus sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), on the coreid bug, Anoplocnemis phasiana(Heteroptera: Coreidae). Entomological Science 5 (3): 281–285, September 2002 [Abstract & Full text (pdf) on CiNii (access free)]

5. Muesebeck CFW, Wally LM (1956) Type species of the genera and subgenera of parasitic wasps comprising the superfamily Proctotrupoidea (Oder Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105 (3359): 319–419. [pdf]

6. Schneider F (1940) Schadinsekten und ihre Bekämpfung in ostindischen Gambirkulturen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 18 (3): 77–207. (pp. 168–171) [download pdf: ca. 89.1MB]

7. Veenakumari K, Mohanraj P (2015) Redescription of Protelenomus flavicornis Kieffer (Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from India. Entomofauna [Zeitschrift für Entomologie] 36 (25): 305–312. [pdf]