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Kavallieratos NG, Tanković SS, Schwarz M, Eleftherios Alissandrakis, Athanassiou CG, Floros GD, Vladimir Žikić. A survey of parasitoids from Greece with new associations. Zookeys 2019:25-40. [PMID: 30686920 PMCID: PMC6342848 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.817.30119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
We report 22 parasitoid species from Greece that have emerged from their hosts belonging to Blattodea, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera, including 12 Braconidae, one Eulophidae, one Evaniidae, seven Ichneumonidae, and one Tachinidae. Nine parasitoids are reported for the first time in Greece, i.e., three Ichneumonidae: Campoplexdifformis (Gmelin, 1790), Gelisalbipalpus (Thomson, 1884), and Lysibiatenax Townes, 1983; five Braconidae: Charmoncruentatus Haliday, 1833, Dendrosoterprotuberans (Nees, 1834), Dolichogenidealongipalpis (Reinhard, 1880), Ecphylussilesiacus (Ratzeburg, 1848), and Spathiuscurvicaudis Ratzeburg, 1844; and one Eulophidae: Melittobiaacasta (Walker, 1839). Nine of the 23 recorded parasitoid-host associations are new. These findings are discussed in relation to the overall related parasitoid-host associations in the target area, as well as the potential of parasitoid use in the biological control of pests.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nickolas G Kavallieratos
- Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica, Greece Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece
| | - Saša S Tanković
- Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia University of Niš Niš Serbia
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- Biologiezentrum, Johann Wilhelm Klein Straße 73, 4040, Linz, Austria Biologiezentrum Linz Austria
| | - Eleftherios Alissandrakis
- Laboratory of Entomology and Pesticide Science, Department of Agriculture, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, P.O. Box 1939, 71004, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Technological Educational Institute of Crete Heraklion Greece
| | - Christos G Athanassiou
- Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Phytokou Street, 38446, Nea Ionia, Magnissia, Greece University of Thessaly Nea Ionia Greece
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- Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
| | - Vladimir Žikić
- Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia University of Niš Niš Serbia
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