First record of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitizing Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in the United States

Rammohan R Balusu; Elijah J Talamas; Ted E Cottrell; Michael D Toews; Brett R Blaauw; Ashfaq A Sial; David G Buntin; Henry Y Fadamiro; Glynn Tillman

doi:10.3897/BDJ.7.e39247

First record of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitizing Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in the United States

Biodivers Data J. 2019 Oct 28:7:e39247. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e39247. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Rammohan R Balusu¹, Elijah J Talamas^{2

3}, Ted E Cottrell⁴, Michael D Toews⁵, Brett R Blaauw⁶, Ashfaq A Sial⁶, David G Buntin⁷, Henry Y Fadamiro¹, Glynn Tillman⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University Auburn, AL United States of America.
² Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, United States of America Florida State Collection of Arthropods Gainesville United States of America.
³ USDA/SEL, Washington, DC, United States of America USDA/SEL Washington, DC United States of America.
⁴ United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit & Nut Tree Research Laboratory, Byron, GA, United States of America United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit & Nut Tree Research Laboratory Byron, GA United States of America.
⁵ Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, United States of America Department of Entomology, University of Georgia Tifton, GA United States of America.
⁶ Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America Department of Entomology, University of Georgia Athens, GA United States of America.
⁷ Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States of America Department of Entomology, University of Georgia Griffin, GA United States of America.
⁸ United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Protection & Management Research Laboratory, Tifton, GA, United States of America United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Protection & Management Research Laboratory Tifton, GA United States of America.

Abstract

Background: A parasitoid wasp, Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston), was recorded parasitizing eggs of the invasive stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) in the United States. This is the first record of this species parasitizing fresh and frozen eggs of H. halys in the United States.

New information: First record of Trissolcus basalis parasitizing Halyomorpha halys eggs in the United States.

Keywords: Parasitoid wasp; brown marmorated stink bug; endoparasitoid.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Specialty Crop Research Initiative, award number 2016-51181-25409 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the USDA Farm Bill Identification, monitoring & redistribution of

Trissolcus

japonicus

: Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services- Division of Plant Industry, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2018-700006-27172, and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (Auburn University).