Identity of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae and Eulophidae) reared from aquatic leaf-mining flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) on invasive Brazilian waterweed Egeria densa in South Africa

The Brazilian waterweed, Egeria densa Planchon, 1849 (Hydrocharitaceae), is an invasive species in South Africa where it is a host plant for the aquatic leaf-miner Hydrellia egeriae Rodrigues-Júnior, 2015 (Ephydridae, Diptera). Efficacy of the biocontrol agent can potentially be affe...

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Main Authors: Simon van Noort, Rosali Smith, Julie A. Coetzee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-03-01
Series:African Invertebrates
Online Access:https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/62842/download/pdf/