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Bracon (Pigeria) piger

Description

Bracon (Pigeria) piger (Wesmael, 1838)

Bracon piger Wesmael, 1838. 1–166.

Bracon (Pigeria) piger: Papp, 1998. 241–251.

Synonyms: Bracon rotundulus Szépligeti, 1904; B. semiluteus Walker, 1874.

Biology: Biocontrol of Etiella zinckenella; emerge from larva/nymph; gregarious; idiobiont; oviposit on larva; oviposition behaviour; longevity; overwinter as larva.

Hosts: Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Pissodes validirostris (Sahlberg, 1834). Lepidoptera, Tortricidae: Cnephasia longana (Haworth, 1811); Cydia nigricana (Fabricius, 1794); Pyralidae: Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832); Noctuidae: Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).

Parasitoids: Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae: Eupelmus annulatus Nees, 1834; E. muellneri Ruschka, 1921; Eurytomidae: Eurytoma appendigaster (Swederus, 1795); Ichneumonidae: Scambus elegans (Woldstedt, 1877).

Distribution in Turkey: Adana, Burdur, Icel, Isparta, Kahramanmaras (Beyarslan, 1986a); Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag (Beyarslan, 1987a); Adana, Burdur, Bursa, Edirne, Icel, Isparta, Kahramanmaras, Tekirdag, Sanlıurfa (Beyarslan, 1999); Afyon, Aydin, Denizli, Izmir, Kutahya (Beyarslan et al. 2002a); Tenedos (Beyarslan et al. 2002b); Bartin, Karabuk, Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak (Beyarslan et al. 2005); Tekirdag (Beyarslan et al. 2006a); Amasya, Corum, Ordu, Samsun, Tokat (Beyarslan et al. 2008a); Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bayburt, Cankiri, Corum, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Giresun, Gumushane, Imbros, Igdır, Isparta, Karabuk, Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirsehir, Konya, Malatya, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Rize, Samsun, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Yozgat (Beyarslan & Cetin Erdogan, 2012).

Distribution: Palaearctic, Nearctic and introduced into Puerto Rico; U.S.A. - California; U.S.A. - Oregon.

Notes

Published as part of Beyarslan, Ahmet, 2014, Checklist of Braconinae species of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 201-242 in Zootaxa 3790 (2) on pages 231-232, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4914122

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Braconidae
Genus
Bracon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wesmael
Species
piger
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bracon (Pigeria) piger (Wesmael, 1838) sec. Beyarslan, 2014

References

  • Beyarslan, A. (1986 a) Turkiye'nin Akdeniz Bolgesinde saptanan Bracon F. (Hym.: Braconidae: Braconinae) turleri uzerinde arastirmalar I. Doga, A 2, 10 / 1, 39 - 52.
  • Beyarslan, A. (1987 a) Trakya Bogesinde Braconinae (Hym.: Braconidae) faunasi uzeride sistematik arastirmalar. Turkiye I. Entomoloji Kongresi, 13 - 16 Ekim 1987. Izmir. Entomoloji Dernegi yayinlari, 3, 595 - 604.
  • Beyarslan, A. (1999) Liste der Braconinae-Arten der Mittelmeer- und Marmara Region der Turkei (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Entomofauna, 20 (5), 93 - 120.
  • Beyarslan, A., Inanc, F., Cetin, O. & Aydogdu, M. (2002 a) Braconidae Species of the Turkish Aegean Region. Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. George Melika and Csaba Thuroczy (Editors), Hungary, pp. 285 - 290.
  • Beyarslan, A., Inanc, F., Cetin, O. & Aydogdu, M. (2002 b) Braconiden von den turkischen Inseln Imbros und Tenedos (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Agathidinae, Braconinae, Cheloninae, Microgastrinae). Entomofauna, 23 (15), 173 - 188.
  • Beyarslan, A., Cetin Erdogan, O. & Aydogdu, M. (2005) A survey of Braconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of Turkish Western Black Sea Region. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 37 (1), 195 - 213.
  • Beyarslan, A., Yurtcan, M., Cetin Erdogan, O. & Aydogdu, M. (2006 a) A Study On Braconidae and Ichneumonidae from Ganos Mountains (Thrace Region, Turkey) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Ichneumonidae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 8 (1), 409 - 422.
  • Beyarslan, A., Cetin Erdogan, O. & Aydogdu, M. (2008 a) Phytogeographical distribution of Vipio Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in Turkey, with a key to the species in Turkey and the adjacent regions. Biologia, 63 (6), 1161 - 1168. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11756 - 008 - 0175 - z
  • Beyarslan, A. & Cetin Erdogan, O. (2012 b) New locality of the Braconinae species in Turkey with two new Bracon species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa, 3343, 45 - 56