Parasitoids of Fruit-Infesting Tephritidae

Opius froggatti Fullaway, 1950

See additional comments about this species on the Opius page. Opius froggatti is superficially similar to Utetes perkinsi, also known from Australia, but lacks the tibial carina of members of the genus Utetes.

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Introduced to Hawaii but not released.

Native

Australia (Fullaway, D. T. 1951.; Fischer, M. 1988.; Waterhouse, D. F. 1993.; Papp, J. 1985.; Gilstrap, F. E. and Hart, W. G. 1987.; Cochereau, P. 1970.; Fullaway, D. T. 1950.)

Queensland (Clausen, C. P.; Clancy, D. W.; Chock, Q. C. 1965.; Fullaway, D. T. 1950.; Snowball, G. J. ; Wilson, F. ; Campbell, T. G.; Lukins, R. G. 1962.; Narayanan, E. S. and Chawla, S. S. 1962.; May, A. W. S. and Kleinschmidt, R. P. 1954.)

New Caledonia (Clausen, C. P.; Clancy, D. W.; Chock, Q. C. 1965.; Fischer, M. 1988.; Waterhouse, D. F. 1993.; Gilstrap, F. E. and Hart, W. G. 1987.)

This species has been reared from Bactrocera kraussi (Hardy), B. laticaudus (Hardy), and B. psidii (Froggatt) (May and Kleinschmidt 1954, Wharton and Gilstrap 1983, Carmichael et al. 2005).