New Entomophagous Enemies of Ips typographus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Bulgaria

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2016
Authors:D. Doychev, Kechev, M., Todorov, I., Mirchev, P., Bencheva, S., Georgiev, G.
Journal:ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA
Volume:68
Issue:1
Pagination:131-134
Abstract:

Five entomophages of Ips typographus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) were recorded between 2008-2014 in spruce forests in three Bulgarian mountains (Vitosha, Lyulin and Western Rhodopes). They belong to two hymenopteran and two dipteran families: Coeloides bostrichorum Giraud, Dendrosoter middendorffii (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Roptrocerus xylophagorum (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), Medetera pinicola Kowarz (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and Lonchaea fugax Becker (Diptera: Lonchaeidae). The entomophages were reared from cocoons and puparia collected in larval galleries of the pest. Among them, M. pinicola and L. fugax are predators of I. typographus, and the remaining species are parasitoids of the host

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith