Notes on three braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) parasitizing oak long-horned beetle, Massicus raddei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a severe pest of Quercus spp. in China, together with the description of a new species

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2015
Authors:L. Cao, Yang, Z., Tang, Y., Wang, X.
Journal:Zootaxa
Volume:4021
Issue:3
Pagination:467-474
Keywords:Braconidae, Massicus raddei Blessig, new species, parasitism, Rhoptrocentrus
Abstract:

Three species of Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitize larvae of oak longhorn beetle Massicus raddei Blessig (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a serious wood borer pest in North China. Rhoptrocentrus quercusi sp. nov., is described as a new species and Doryctes petiolatus Shestakov, as well as Zombrus bicolor (Enderlein). The three species are idiobiont ectoparasitoids, and may have potential for biological control of oak longhorn beetle.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.6
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