The first hymenopteran endoparasitoid of actinotrichid mites: Globulencyrtus politus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
1999 - Volume: 40 Issue: 1 pages: 33-36
Keywords
Caeculidae
Encyrtidae;parasitoids
parasitism
Abstract
Globulencyrtus politus Hoffer, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae, Discodini) is the first hymenopteran parasitoid recorded from actinotrichid mites. The other hymenopteran parasitoids of Acari attack only ixodoid ticks (Acari: Actinotrichida) and belong to a different tribe of the Encyrtidae, the Ixodiphagini. We present here preliminary observations on the level of parasitism and mode of oviposition in G. politus.
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