First record in Belgium of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of economically important stink bugs (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae)

Authors

  • Olivier Hendrik Berteloot Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (UGent), Coupure Links 653, Ghent
  • Lore Vervaet Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (UGent), Coupure Links 653, Ghent
  • Huayan Chen State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
  • Elijah J. Talamas Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL.
  • Thomas Van Leeuwen Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (UGent), Ghent
  • Patrick De Clercq Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (UGent), Ghent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2021.90

Keywords:

stink bug, egg parasitoid, Scelionidae, Trissolcus basalis, DNA barcoding

Abstract

The scelionid parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston,1858) has been detected in Belgium for the first time based on specimens reared from a parasitized egg mass of Nezara viridula (Linnaeus,1758) collected in an urban garden at Sint-Amandsberg, Ghent. Identification was based on adult morphology and DNA barcoding. This is presently believed to be the northernmost record in Europe of T. basalis and could be the consequence of a northward expansion of this species due to climate change. This first record may be of economic importance for the biological control of stink bug pests in Belgian vegetable and fruit production.

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2021-11-26

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Berteloot, O. H., Vervaet, L., Chen, H., Talamas, E. J., Van Leeuwen, T., & De Clercq, P. (2021). First record in Belgium of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of economically important stink bugs (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology, 151. https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2021.90

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