Parasitoids of Fruit-Infesting Tephritidae

Psyttalia novaguineensis (Szépligeti, 1900)

For additional information, see the Psyttalia page.

This is the type species of Austroopius, originally described as Austroopius novaguineensis by Szepligeti (1900). Wharton (1987) included Austroopius as a subgenus of Psyttalia, but later (Wharton 1997, 2009) abandoned the use of subgenera for Psyttalia.

Native

Singapore (Papp, J. 1982.)

Australia (Papp, J. 1985.)

Queensland (Fischer, M. 1963.; Fischer, M. 1963.; Papp, J. 1982.)

Malaysia (Papp, J. 1985.)

Papua New Guinea (Szepligeti, G. 1900.; Szepligeti, G. 1904.; Fischer, M. 1963.; Papp, J. 1982.; Papp, J. 1985.; Quicke, D. L. J.; van Achterberg, K.; Godfray, H. C. J. 1997.)

Bismark Archipelago (Fischer, M. 1971.; Papp, J. 1982.; Papp, J. 1985.)

Solomon Islands (Fischer, M. 1963.; Fischer, M. 1971.; Papp, J. 1982.; Papp, J. 1985.)

The following tephritids are listed as hosts by Fischer (1987), who also gives the host plants from which they were reared: Bactrocera calophylli (Perkins and May), B. endiandrae (Perkins and May), B. fagraea (Tryon), B. fuscata (Perkins and May), B. halfordiae (Tryon), B. pallida (Perkins and May), B. tryoni (Froggatt), Euphranta linocierae Hardy, and guavas infested by both B. kraussi (Hardy), and B. jarvisi (Tryon). For a more recent update, see Carmichael et al. 2005).