James Ritty V, Binoy C, Santhosh S, Nasser M
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673001, India.
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, 673635, India.
Syst Parasitol. 2022 Dec;99(6):715-726. doi: 10.1007/s11230-022-10061-5. Epub 2022 Sep 3.
Paddy, Oryza sativa L. (Poales: Poaecea) is infested by a series of lepidopteran, coleopteran, hemipteran, and acarine pests in India. Of the long list, the species Rice Leaf-Roller Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) is one of most encountered defoliators on paddy. Here we record and describe with illustrations, a new parasitic complex comprising of two new species of parasitic wasps, viz. Brachymeria eastwoodi Binoy, sp. nov. and Sympiesis eastwoodi James & Santhosh, sp. nov. on the pupae of P. mathias from southern India. The parasitoid complexes on P. mathias are also augmented.
水稻，即稻（禾本目：禾本科），在印度受到一系列鳞翅目、鞘翅目、半翅目和螨类害虫的侵害。在这一长串害虫名单中，稻纵卷叶螟稻苞虫（Fabricius，1798年）（鳞翅目：弄蝶科）是水稻上最常见的食叶害虫之一。在此，我们记录并通过插图描述了一个新的寄生复合体，该复合体由两种寄生蜂新物种组成，即来自印度南部稻苞虫蛹上的伊氏短缘姬蜂Binoy，新种和伊氏蚁形蜂James & Santhosh，新种。稻苞虫上的寄生复合体也有所增加。
