Notes on the hosts of Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from China

Abstract

Background

Trissolcus Ashmead ( Hymenoptera : Scelionidae ) is a cosmopolitan genus of egg-parasitoid wasps associated with stink bugs ( Pentatomidae , Scutelleridae , Urostylididae ), many of which are important insect pests. Documentation of host associations for these wasps, which we here provide via museum specimens, can support their use as biological control agents of invasive stink bugs.

New information

The hosts of seven Trissolcus species are reported from China: Trissolcus cultratus (Mayr) (hosts: Hippotiscus dorsalis Stål, Pentatomidae ; Urochela luteovaria Distant, Urostylididae ), Trissolcus elasmuchae (Watanabe) (host: Niphe elongata (Dallas), Pentatomidae ), Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (hosts: Erthesina fullo (Thunberg), Pentatomidae ; Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda), Pentatomidae ), Trissolcus latisulcus (Crawford) (host: Poecilocoris latus Dallas, Scutelleridae ), Trissolcus mitsukurii (Ashmead) (host: Pentatomidae ), Trissolcus semistriatus (Nees von Esenbeck) (host: Eurydema sp., Scutelleridae ), Trissolcus yamagishii Ryu (host: Niphe elongata (Dallas), Pentatomidae ).