Bracon (Pigeria) piger (Wesmael, 1838)

Beyarslan, Ahmet, 2014, Checklist of Braconinae species of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 201-242 : 231-232

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.