A systematic study of the Japanese Pipunculidae (Diptera) Part VI. The genera Dorylomorpha Aczél and Tomosvaryella Aczél

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1990
Authors:R. Morakote, Hirashima, Y., Yano, K.
Journal:Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Volume:34
Pagination:357-395
Keywords:agricultural entomology, beneficial insects, Dorylomo, Dorylomorpha confusa, Dorylomorpha extricata, Dorylomorpha haemorrhoidalis, Dorylomorpha imparata, Dorylomorpha rufipes, hosts, insect pests, natural enemies, parasitoids, Pipunculidae, rice, taxonomy
Abstract:

In this 6th part of a series on the taxonomy of the Pipunculidae of Japan, 12 species of Dorylomorpha (a genus that includes mainly parasitoids of Cicadellidae and Delphacidae) and 8 species of Tomosvaryella (a genus that includes parasitoids of hemipterous pests of rice) are dealt with and keyed. Five new species are included, and lists are provided of known hosts of some species in both genera.Abstract 2: Twelve species of the genus Dorylomorpha Aczel and eight species of the genus Tomosvaryella Aczel from Japan are treated with key to species, descriptions and illustrations of important diagnostic characters. Six species of Dorylomorpha are new to Japan and five species are new species. Tomosvaryella caligata Hardy is newly recorded from Japan. The species studied are the following: D. confusa, D. imparata, D. extricata, D. haemorrhoidalis, D. rufipes, D. spinosa, D. yamagishii *S, D. rectitermina *S, D. kurodakensis *S, D. valida *S D. yanoi *S, D. lini, T. oryzaetora, T. inazumae, T. sylvatica, T. coquilleti, T. epichalca, T. subvirescens, T. caligata, T. itoi.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith