Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies - Phytosanitary Resources

Jeffrey N. L. Stibick
Parasites and Predators of the Tephritidae - Table 2
Species Parasites/Predators Notes
Bactrocera
osbeckiae
Bactrocera
pallida
Pnigalio agraules A Eulopid parasite from Greece (Fry, 1987) From Egypt (El-Heneidy, et al.,
2001).
Halticoptera daci A Pteromalid parasite from Africa (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Eurytoma (=
Eupelmus) martelli
Pnigalo
mediterraneus
An Eupelmid parasite from North Africa (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962;
Nuenschwander, et al., 1983) From Egypt (El-Heneidy, et al., 2001).
An Eulophid parasite from the Mediterranean area (Narayanan & Chawla,
1962; Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
Lasioptera brevicornis A Cecidomyiid fly (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962.
Lasioptera
(Prolasioptera)
berlesiana
Belonuchus
rufipennis
A Cecidomyiid fly egg predator, associated with the fungus Camarosporium =
Macrophoma dalmatica; maximum mortality of eggs30-50%(Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962; Nuenschwander, et a1983).
A Staphylinid larval predator intr. to Italy from Brazil (Narayanan & Chawla,
1962).
Carabus banoni A carabid whose larvae and adults are a larval-pupal predator in Crete
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
Poecilus cupreus A carabid whose larvae are a larval-pupal predator in Crete (Nuenschwander,
et al., 1983).
Pterostichus creticus A carabid whose larvae are a larval-pupal predator in Crete (Nuenschwander,
et al., 1983).
Ocypus fulvipennis A staphlinid whose adults are a larval-pupal predator in Crete
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
Ocypus olens A staphlinid whose adults are a larval-pupal predator in Crete
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
Aphaenogaster
simonelli
Crematogaster
sordidula
Tetramorium
caespitum
An ant (Formicidae), capable of destroying both larvae and adults of olive fly
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
An ant (Formicidae), capable of destroying both larvae and adults of olive fly
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
An ant (Formicidae), capable of destroying both larvae and adults of olive fly
(Nuenschwander, et al., 1983).
Cyrtoptyx latipes A Pteromalid parasite from Crete (Nuenschwander, et al., 1983) from Egypt
(El-Heneidy, et al., 2001).
Cyttoptyx sp. A Pteromalid parasite from Egypt (El-Heneidy, et al., 2001).
Coptera silvestrii A Psiline parasite from Africa (Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya,
Monzambique, Zululand), introduced to Hawaii (Yoder & Wharton, 2002).
Diachasmimorpha
longicaudata
A Braconid parasite from Thailand (Chinajariyawong, et al., 2000).
Fopius persulcatus A Braconid parasite from Thailand (Chinajariyawong, et al., 2000).
Fopius vandenboschi A Braconid parasite from Thailand (Chinajariyawong, et al., 2000).
Biosteres deeralensis A Braconid larval parasite from Australia and New Guinea (Wharton &
Gilstrap, 1983).
Diachasmimorpha
kraussii (= Biosteres
kraussii)
An Australian Braconid larval parasite (Rungrojwanich & Walter, 2000;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Opius fijiensis A Braconid egg-larval parasite from Australia, S. Pacific (Wharton & Glistrap,
1983)
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