Title : ( Aphanogmus feltiellophagus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), a parasitoid of the acarivorous gall midge, Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Iran )
Authors: Maedeh Mollaei , Hussein Sadeghi Namaghi , Hossein Lotfalizadeh , Farzad Minab ,
Full TextAbstract
During a laboratory biological study of a midge, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot, 1827) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), acarivorous on two-spotted spider mites, some ceraphronid specimens were reared from the midge cocoons. A detailed morphological study and comparison with previously known species revealed that the ceraphronid is a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). The new species is described as A. feltiellophagus Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov. and compared with closely related species. An identification key for all Aphanogmus species associated with predatory cecidomyiids is provided. As a parasitoid of the pupal stage of Feltiella acarisuga, the potential negative impact of A. feltiellophagus on the biological control of tetranychid mites is discussed.
Keywords
, acarivorous cecidomyiid, endoparasitoid, new species, spider mites
@article{paperid:1103593,
author = {مائده ملایی and Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein and حسین لطفعلی زاده and فرزاد میناب},
title = {Aphanogmus feltiellophagus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), a parasitoid of the acarivorous gall midge, Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Iran},
journal = {Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics},
year = {2025},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
month = {March},
issn = {2423-8112},
pages = {1--10},
numpages = {9},
keywords = {acarivorous cecidomyiid; endoparasitoid; new species; spider mites},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Aphanogmus feltiellophagus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), a parasitoid of the acarivorous gall midge, Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Iran
%A مائده ملایی
%A Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein
%A حسین لطفعلی زاده
%A فرزاد میناب
%J Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
%@ 2423-8112
%D 2025
