The Gall Associates of Asphondylia poss. swaedicola Kieffer & Jörgensen (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Suaeda divaricata Moq. (Amaranthaceae) in the Semiarid ?Monte? Region in Argentina and Summary of Parasitic Hymenoptera Associated with Suaeda Worldwide

MICHAEL W. GATES; JAVIER TORRÉNS; PATRICIO FIDALGO; ROBERT R. KULA; MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON; DAVID ADAMSKI

NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC BRASIL

Lugar: BRASIL; Año: 2017

1519-566X

We report on Asphondylia poss. swaedicola Kieffer & Jörgensen inducing apical stem galls on Suaeda divaricata Moquin-Tandon in the Monte region of Argentina. The inquiline gelechiid Scrobipalpula patagonica Povolný is confirmed as an associate of A. poss. swaedicolagalls. The following hymenopteran parasitoids are associated with this system: Torymus nr swaedicola (Kieffer & Jörgensen), Aprostocetus sp.,Horismenus sp., Bracon (Bracon) sp., Chelonus (Microchelonus) sp., Apanteles sp., Zaeucoila robusta (Ashmead), and Goniozus nigrifemur Ashmead.  The Horismenussp., Z. robusta, and G. nigrifemurare reported as associates of Suaeda forthe first time. A total of 28 generaand 31 species of parasitoid known to be associated with Suaeda spp. worldwide and their biologies are tabulated.