Opius (opiothorax) chromatomyiae Belokobylskij et Wharton 2004
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Opius chromatomyiae
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Classification

Superfamily : Ichneumonoidea
Family : Braconidae
Subfamily : Opiinae

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Mandibles normal, pointing inwards and meeting medially.
Stigma vein less than 8 times longer than wide.
Vein r arising distal to basal 1/3 of stigma.

Diagnosis

 
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Distribution

Opius chromatomyiae is known from Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.


Hosts

Chromatomyia horticola, Liriomyza huidobrensis.

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Biology

Opius species oviposit in egg or larval stages and emerge from host puparia (Wharton, 1997d).


Comments

This species has only recently been described (Belokobylskij et al., 2004). Opius is a quite common genus, and it is very likely that other species of Opius are present in Southeast Asia. Belokobylskij et al. (2004) provided a key to Australian species of Opius associated with leaf-mining Agromyzidae.

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