Koutsoukos, E., Compton, S.G. orcid.org/0000-0002-1247-8058, van Noort, S. et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: 2024) A new species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Ormyridae) developing in figs of Ficus microcarpa in Europe. European Journal of Taxonomy, 917 (1). pp. 170-193. ISSN 2118-9773
Abstract
Known by many names, the Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa L.) is a monoecious plant species originating from south-eastern Asia which has been introduced as an ornamental in numerous areas outside its native range, including the Mediterranean. Like every species of Ficus, it is associated with a series of chalcid wasp species, known as fig wasps. These species are distributed in the families Agaonidae, Epichrysomallidae, Eurytomidae, Ormyridae and Pteromalidae. In this publication, we describe a new species of Ormyrus Westwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Ormyridae), O. microcarpae Askew & Koutsoukos sp. nov., reared from figs of F. microcarpa collected from Greece and Cyprus. The new species is compared with O. lini and O. watshami. This species is likely to be a parasitoid of Meselatus bicolor Chen, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Epichrysomallidae). In addition, the previously unknown female of O. lini is also described and illustrated. This publication constitutes the first report of species of Ormyrus associated with figs in Europe.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2024 Evangelos Koutsoukos, Stephen G. Compton, Simon van Noort, Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Richard R. Askew. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
Keywords: | Greece; Cyprus; Ormyrus; new species |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2024 10:14 |
Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2024 15:12 |
Published Version: | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | EJT consortium |
Identification Number: | 10.5852/ejt.2024.917.2397 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:216752 |