Oobius longoi (Siscaro, 1992)

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Petrice, Toby R., Gates, Michael W. & Bauer, Leah S., 2015, Two new species of Oobius Trjapitzin (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) egg parasitoids of Agrilus spp. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the USA, including a key and taxonomic notes on other congeneric Nearctic taxa, ZooKeys 498, pp. 29-50 : 34-35

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Encyrtidae

Oobius longoi (Siscaro, 1992) Figures 22-23

Avetianella longoi Siscaro 1992: 206-211. Holotype female [UNCA], not examined. Type locality: Grammichele, Catania Prov., Sicily, Italy.

Avetianella longoi : Trjapitzin 2001: 735 (key), 737-738 (taxonomic history, host associations); Wang et al. 2008: 1772-1777 (host associations, morphological and molecular data).

Oobius longoi (Siscaro): Noyes 2010: 662, 692.

Material examined.

Australia, New South Wales, Corowa, 22.i.2006, Q. Wang, from eggs of Phoracantha recurva [1 ♀, 1 ♂, UCRC]. Portugal: Lisboa, Montijo, Pegões, viii.1992, P. Albino, M. R. Paiva, from eggs of Phoracantha semipunctata [9 ♀, 11 ♂, UCRC]. Viseu, Villa Cova à Coelheira, viii.1992, P. Albino, M. R. Paiva, from eggs of Phoracantha semipunctata [11 ♀, UCRC]. USA, California, Riverside Co., Riverside, University of California campus, Department of Entomology Insectary, laboratory culture on eggs of Phoracantha semipunctata on Eucalyptus sp.: 29.ix.1994, L. Hanks (originally from Australia) [4 ♀, UCRC]; 1998, S. McElfresh, J. Gould (originally from: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Bundoora, La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary, i.1992, Q. Wang, from eggs of Phoracantha semipunctata on fallen Eucalyptus sp.) [25 ♀, 22 ♂, UCRC].

Distribution.

Australia (indigenous); introduced (in some cases possibly unintentionally) into Hungary, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, USA (California), and Zambia ( Trjapitzin 2001; Noyes 2014).

Hosts.

Phoracantha recurva Newman and Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius) ( Cerambycidae ) in California, USA (Wang et al. 2008); its other longhorned beetle hosts in Australia are listed by Trjapitzin (2001) and Noyes (2014).

Comments.

Oobius longoi is well known as an effective biological control agent and a successfully established parasitoid of Phoracantha recurva and Phoracantha semipunctata in California and elsewhere in the world ( Hanks et al. 1995; Luhring et al. 2000; Trjapitzin 2001).