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First record of parasitoids associated with insects inhabiting capsules of Papaver rhoeas in Greece Cover

First record of parasitoids associated with insects inhabiting capsules of Papaver rhoeas in Greece

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|Jul 2018

Abstract

A faunistic complex of chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with cynipids and cecidomyids (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae; Diptera: Cecydomyiidae) inhabiting capsules of the annual weed Papaver rhoeas L. (corn poppy) was recorded in Amynteo, Northern Greece (2012) and Orchomenos, Voeotia, Central Greece (2013). The parasitoids are Idiomacromerus papaveris (Forster, 1856), Idiomacromerus sp., Pseudotorymus papaveris (Thomson, 1876) (Torymidae), Aprostocetus epicharmus Walker, 1839 (Eulophidae), and Cyrtoptyx sp. (Pteromalidae). Aprostocetus epicharmus was recorded only in Amynteo while Idiomacromerus spp. and Cyrtoptyx sp. only in Voeotia. This is the first record of these parasitoid species in corn poppy capsules in Greece. All parasitoids except the eulophid, which probably parasitizes Cecydomyiidae, are most likely parasitoids of Aylax papaveris (Perris, 1840) (Cynipidae)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2732-656X | Journal ISSN: 1791-3691
Language: English
Page range: 54 - 58
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2018
Accepted on: Mar 12, 2018
Published on: Jul 28, 2018
Published by: Benaki Phytopathological Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2018 F. Karamaouna, M. Samara, V. Kati, M.-D. Mitroiu, published by Benaki Phytopathological Institute
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