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Taxonomy of the Telenomus busseolae species-complex (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) egg parasitoids of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Andrew Polaszek ,
Jackson A. Ubeku  and
Nilsa A. Bosque-Perez
Andrew Polaszek*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. International Institute of Entomology, London, UK
Jackson A. Ubeku
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
Nilsa A. Bosque-Perez
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
*
Dr A. Polaszek, Department of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural UniversityP.O.B. 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Morphological studies of different populations of what was previously considered to be a single species, Telenomus busseolae Gahan, revealed a complex of three distinct species. A total of four species were found to belong to this complex, all of which are egg parasitoids of stem boring Lepidoptera belonging to the closely related noctuid genera Busseola and Sesamia, with a single record from the pyralid stem borer genus Coniesta. All these host genera are of major economic importance as cereal pests. Two of the four Telenomus spp. are fully sympatric with regard to distribution, hosts and oviposition period. Two species, Telenomus isis and Telenomus nagarajae, are described as new.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 221 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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