TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic position and ecological traits of Sigmophora tricolor (Hymenoptera
T2 - Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Asphondylia yushimai (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and description of a new species of Sigmophora
AU - Matsuo, Kazunori
AU - Uechi, Nami
AU - Tokuda, Makoto
AU - Yukawa, Junichi
N1 - Funding Information:
We express our sincere gratitude to Dr. J. LaSalle (CSIRO) for reviewing an early draft of this paper. We extend our thanks to Dr. J. Noyes, Dr. G. Broad (BMNH), Dr. R. J. Gagné, Dr. M. Gates (USDA), Dr. K. Kamijo (Hokkaido Forest Experiment Station), Dr. M. Ohara (HUM), and Dr. H. Yoshitake (NIAES) for providing us opportunities to examine Sigmophora specimens, and to Dr. K. Kiritani (Ito City), Dr. M. Nomura (Chiba University), Dr. K. Tabuchi (NARC), and other colleagues for their help in collecting galls of P. neolitseae. We thank Emeritus Professor O. Tadauchi, Dr. S. Kamitani, and Mr D. Yamaguchi (ELKU) for their support in various ways. This study was supported partly by Global COE Program (Center of Excellence for Asian conservation ecology as a basis of human-nature mutualism), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan and by the JSPS Institutional Program for Young Researcher Overseas Visits to KM, and by Research Grant for Plant Science from The New Technology Development Foundation and a Grant-in-aid from the MEXT, Japan for Young Scientists (B, 21780052) to MT. This study is a contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (series 6, No. 105).
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Sigmophora tricolor (Ashmead) and Sigmophora sayatamabae (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were resurrected from Sigmophora brevicornis (Panzer), on the basis of morphological differences between the first two and the last, although Ikeda (Ins Matsum 55:37-74 1999) had synonymized Tetrastichus tricolor and Tetrastichussayatamabae with S. brevicornis. We then synonymized S. sayatamabae with S. tricolor. Japanese Sigmophora specimens that were reared from Pseudasphondylia neolitseae Yukawa (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Neolitsea sericea (Blume) Koidzumi (Lauraceae), and Asphondylia yushimai Yukawa and Uechi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Lespedeza bicolor Turczaninow (Fabaceae) were newly identified as S. tricolor. We redescribe S. tricolor because its original description was insufficient for identification. In addition, we describe a new species of Sigmophora that parasitizes Asphondylia morivollera (Naito) on Morus alba Linnaeus (Moraceae) and an unidentified gall midge on Hydrangea serrata (Thunberg) Seringe (Hydrangeaceae) in Japan. Parasitic strategies and annual life history of S. tricolor are discussed.
AB - Sigmophora tricolor (Ashmead) and Sigmophora sayatamabae (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were resurrected from Sigmophora brevicornis (Panzer), on the basis of morphological differences between the first two and the last, although Ikeda (Ins Matsum 55:37-74 1999) had synonymized Tetrastichus tricolor and Tetrastichussayatamabae with S. brevicornis. We then synonymized S. sayatamabae with S. tricolor. Japanese Sigmophora specimens that were reared from Pseudasphondylia neolitseae Yukawa (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Neolitsea sericea (Blume) Koidzumi (Lauraceae), and Asphondylia yushimai Yukawa and Uechi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Lespedeza bicolor Turczaninow (Fabaceae) were newly identified as S. tricolor. We redescribe S. tricolor because its original description was insufficient for identification. In addition, we describe a new species of Sigmophora that parasitizes Asphondylia morivollera (Naito) on Morus alba Linnaeus (Moraceae) and an unidentified gall midge on Hydrangea serrata (Thunberg) Seringe (Hydrangeaceae) in Japan. Parasitic strategies and annual life history of S. tricolor are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s13355-013-0195-1
DO - 10.1007/s13355-013-0195-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883789881
VL - 48
SP - 355
EP - 363
JO - Applied Entomology and Zoology
JF - Applied Entomology and Zoology
SN - 0003-6862
IS - 3
ER -