Parasitoids of Fruit-Infesting Tephritidae

Diachasmimorpha hageni (Fullaway, 1952)

See comments under Diachasmimorpha.

In publications prior to about 1988, the species of Diachasmimorpha were placed either in the genus Opius or in the genus Biosteres.

Diachasmimorpha hageni is very similar to Diachasmimorpha tryoni but has a better developed occipital carina and is not quite as dark.

Introduced to Hawaii, but apparently never released.

Native

Fiji (Fullaway, D. T. 1952.; Waterhouse, D. F. 1993.; Papp, J. 1985.; Palacio, I. P.; Ibrahim, A. G.; Ibrahim, R. 1988.; Gilstrap, F. E. and Hart, W. G. 1987.; Cochereau, P. 1970.)

Originally field-collected from Bactrocera passiflorae in Ochrosia fruits (Fullaway 1952). Lab reared in Hawaii on Ceratitis capitata, Bactrocera dorsalis, and B. cucurbitae (Clausen et al. 1965).