TY - JOUR
TI - Uninvited pests of an unwelcomed tree: a survey on alien chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with Eucalyptus trees in Cyprus
AU - Demetriou, J.
AU - Koutsoukos, E.
AU - Radea, C.
AU - Roy, H.E.
AU - Arianoutsou, M.
AU - Martinou, A.F.
JO - BIOINVASIONS RECORDS
PY - 2022
VL - 11
TODO - 2
SP - 390-400
PB - REGIONAL EURO-ASIAN BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS CENTRE-REABIC
SN - null
TODO - 10.3391/bir.2022.11.2.12
TODO - null
TODO - A five-month survey on Eucalyptus spp., one of the most commonly planted trees in Cyprus, was undertaken in Limassol and Akrotiri in urban, rural and protected habitats. Two alien gall-inducing Eucalyptus wasps: Leptocybe invasa Fisher and La Salle, 2004 and Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead, 1900) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were recorded for the first time from Cyprus. In addition, three new alien parasitoids: Stethynium ophelimi (Huber, 2006) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault, 1922) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Megastigmus lawsoni Doğanlar and Hassan, 2010 (Hymenoptera: Megastigmidae), were reared from O. maskelli and L. invasa galls. The distribution, introduction and management actions for Eucalyptus spp. and their alien Chalcidoidea associates are discussed. © Demetriou et al.
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