Dahlbominus
Hincks, 1945
Dahlbominus is a of chalcidoid wasps in the Eulophidae, containing the single D. fuscipennis. This small is native to Europe and has been introduced to North America as a agent for . are dark-colored with blue tinge, measuring 1.4–1.9 mm. The species is known for its arrhenotokous and sensitivity to environmental conditions affecting sex ratios.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
Native to Europe from France to western Siberia (Novosibirsk), north to Scandinavia and south to the Balkans. Introduced to North America, now established in the United States and Canada, particularly in northeastern North America.
Host Associations
- Neodiprion sertifer - primary European pine sawfly
- Gilpinia hercyniae - European spruce sawfly
- Neodiprion swainei -
- Neodiprion lecontei -
- Neodiprion pratti banksianae -
- Pristiphora erichsonii -
- Diprion similis -
- Apanteles rubripes - hyperparasitoid of Semiothisa pumila
- Ichneumonidae - hyperparasitoid of eonymph stage
Human Relevance
Introduced to North America beginning in 1933 by the Canadian Department of Agriculture for of European . Several hundred million individuals were released in Canada and the United States between 1935 and 1939, with over 200 million liberated in Maine alone by the end of 1939. The was propagated in insectaries and distributed to multiple state and federal agencies for sawfly management.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
- EFFECTS OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FERTILITY OF DAHLBOMINUS FUSCIPENNIS (ZETT.) (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)
- SUSCEPTIBILITY OF DAHLBOMINUS FUSCIPENNIS (CHALCIDOIDEA: EULOPHIDAE) TO THE MICROSPORIDIAN THELOHANIA PRISTIPHORAE
- Environmental Causes of Variation in the Sex Ratio of an Arrhenotokous Insect,Dahlbominus fuliginosus(Nees) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
- A rickettsialike microorganism in Dahlbominus fuscipennis (Zett.) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae): observations on its occurrence and ultrastructure
- Infochemicals influencing the host foraging behaviour of Dahlbominus fuscipennis, a pupal parasitoid of the European spruce sawfly (Gilpinia hercyniae)