Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom.
Core Research Laboratories, Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 9;18(8):e0288306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288306. eCollection 2023.
A new species of encyrtid wasp, Ooencyrtus pitosina Polaszek, Noyes & Fusu sp. n., (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Encyrtinae) is described as a gregarious parasitoid in the eggs of the endemic Samoan swallowtail butterfly Papilio godeffroyi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in the Samoan archipelago. It is described here because it is an important natural enemy of this butterfly, and to facilitate identification for future work with this parasitoid and its host.
一种新的长尾小蜂科寄生蜂,Ooencyrtus pitosina Polaszek、Noyes & Fusu sp. n.,(膜翅目:长尾小蜂科:长尾小蜂亚科)被描述为一种群居性寄生蜂,寄生在萨摩亚群岛特有燕尾蝶 Papilio godeffroyi(鳞翅目:凤蝶科)的卵中。在这里描述它是因为它是这种蝴蝶的重要天敌,并且为将来与这种寄生蜂及其宿主的工作提供识别便利。