Published May 12, 2020 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Polynema (Polynema) pratensiphagum Walley 1929

Description

Polynema (Polynema) pratensiphagum Walley, 1929

Polynema pratensiphaga Walley, 1929: 193. Holotype ♂ (CNC). TL: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa. Painter, 1929: 105 (host); Thompson, 1958: 572 (host catalogue).

Polynema pratensiphagum: Peck, 1951: 418 (catalogue); Peck, 1963: 47 (catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1033 (catalogue); Yoshimoto, 1990: 83 (list); Sohati et al., 1992: 515 (percent parasitism); Al-Ghamdi et al., 1993: 407 (overwintering); Boivin, 1994: 237 (overwintering strategy); Al-Ghamdi et al., 1995: 458 (synchrony with host); Ruberson & Williams III, 2000: 97 (biological control).

Nearctic hosts. Miridae: Lygus lineatus (Say). Distribution. Canada: ON, QC.

Notes

Published as part of Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2020, Illustrated key to genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America north of Mexico, pp. 1-411 in Zootaxa 4773 (3) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4773.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821373

Files

Files (1.1 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:7a408791b4bd25175bd66a423a167752
1.1 kB Download

System files (13.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:3e160fe2481eccfee143785b3f583644
13.2 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

References

  • Walley, G. S. (1929) Descriptions of new Canadian parasitic Hymenoptera. Canadian Entomologist, 61, 190 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 61190 - 8
  • Painter, R. H. (1929) The tarnished plant bug, Lygus pratensis L.: a progress report. Sixtieth Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 60, 102 - 107.
  • Thompson, W. R. (1958) A catalogue of the parasites and predators of insect pests. Section 2. Host parasite Catalogue, Part 5, Hosts of the Hymenoptera (Microgasteridae to Trigonalidae), Lepidoptera and Strepsiptera. Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa. pp. 562 - 698.
  • Peck, O. (1951) Superfamily Chalcidoidea. In: Muesebeck, C. F. W., Krombein, K. V. & Townes, H. K. (Eds.), Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico-synoptic catalog. United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Monograph, 2, pp. 410 - 594.
  • Peck, O. (1963) A catalogue of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 30, 1 - 1092.
  • Burks, B. D. (1979) Family Mymaridae. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Jr., Smith, D. R. & Burks, B. D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 1. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., pp. 1022 - 1033.
  • Yoshimoto, C. M. (1990) A review of the genera of New World Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 7. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, 166 pp.
  • Sohati, P. H., Boivin, G. & Stewart, R. K. (1992) Parasitism of Lygus lineolaris eggs on Coronilla varia, Solanum tuberosum, and three host weeds in southeastern Quebec. Entomophaga, 37, 515 - 523. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02372321
  • Al-Ghamdi, K. M., Stewart, R. K. & Boivin, G. (1993) Note on overwintering of Polynema pratensiphagum (Walley) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in southwestern Quebec. Canadian Entomologist, 125, 407 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 125407 - 2
  • Boivin, G. (1994) Overwintering strategies of egg parasitoids. In: Wajnberg, E. & Hassan, S. (Eds.), Biological Control with egg Parasitoids. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 219 - 244.
  • Al-Ghamdi, K. M. & Stewart, R. K. (1995) Synchrony between populations of the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Hemiptera: Miridae), and its egg parasitoids in southwestern Quebec. Canadian Entomologist, 127 (4), 457 - 472. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 127457 - 4
  • Ruberson, J. R. & Williams III, L. H. (2000) Biological control of Lygus spp.: a component of areawide management. Southwestern Entomologist Supplement, 23, 96 - 110.