Leptocybe invasa

Leptocybe invasa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Eulophidae
Subfamilia: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Leptocybe
Species: Leptocybe invasa

Name

• Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle in Mendel et al., 2004
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities

References

Primary references

• Mendel, Z.; Protasov, A.; Fisher, N.; La Salle, J. 2004: Taxonomy and biology of Leptocybe invasa gen. & sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an invasive gall inducer on Eucalyptus. Australian journal of entomology, 43(2): 101–113. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2003.00393.x PDF

Additional references

• Costa, V.A.; Berti Filho, E.; Wilcken, C.F.; Stape, J.L.; La Salle, J.; Teixeira, L. de D. 2008: Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Brazil: new forest pest reaches the New World. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 83: 136–139.
• Kim, I.-K.; Mendel, Z.; Protasov, A.; Blumberg, D.; La Salle, J. 2008: Taxonomy, biology, and efficacy of two Australian parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae). Zootaxa, 1910: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Malumphy, C. 2013: First record of the blue gum chalcid, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in the Canary Islands. Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1790-92): 162. [not seen] Reference page. 
• Protasov, A.; Doğanlar, M.; La Salle, J.; Mendel, Z. 2008: Occurrence of two local Megastigmus species parasitic on the Eucalyptus gallwasp Leptocybe invasa in Israel and Turkey. Phytoparasitica, 36(5): 449–459. PDF

New Zealand references

• Bain, J. 2011: Leptocybe invasa, a gall forming wasp on Eucalyptus, not in New Zealand. Forest health news, (217): [2]. PDF of whole issue