A new species ofSyntretusFoerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae), a parasitoid of the stingless beeTrigona carbonariaSmith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae)

2009/02/01 by Rosalyn Gloag, Scott Richard Shaw, Chris J. Burwell · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant and animal studies #Insect and Pesticide Research #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00666.x

openalex publication_date 2009/02/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract A new species of euphorine braconid, Syntretus trigonaphagus sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This is the first Australian Syntretus species to be described and the first record of braconids parasitising Trigona Jurine stingless bees. Egg‐laying by adults and emergence of larvae from the host Trigona carbonaria is detailed. A 12S ribosomal rRNA gene fragment was sequenced to confirm the association of larvae and adults of the wasp parasitoid.

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• Australian Stingless Bees
• Synopsis of the stingless bees of the <i>favosa</i> group of the genus <i>Melipona</i> (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Colombia
• Syntretus [wikipedia]

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