Psyttalia

Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 5-220 : 169

Psyttalia phaeostigma (WILKINSON 1927)

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: MOUTIA 1936: 68 (biol., Mauritius).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: MOUTIA 1937: 240 (biol., Mauritius).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: MOUTIA 1938: 602 (biol., Mauritius).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: CAMERON 1941: 15 (cat.).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: MOUTIA & MAMET 1946: 465 (biol., Mauritius not established).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: MOUTIA & MAMET 1947: 28 ( Mauritius not established).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: THOMPSON 1953: 170 (host-parasite cat.).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: FISCHER 1971: 3 (key).

Opius (Psyttalia) phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: FISCHER 1972b: 253 (tax., key).

Opius phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: WHARTON & GILSTRAP 1983: 724 (host-parasite cat.), 727 (key), 740 (tax., biol., Mauritius not established).

Opius (Psyttalia) phaeostigma WILKINSON 1927: FISCHER 1987: 305 (key), 346 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, Réunion), 347 (figs 278-282).

Psyttalia phaeostigma (WILKINSON 1927): FISCHER & MADL 2008: 1481 (biol., Mayotte, Madgascar, Réunion, cat.), 1489 (tab. 1: distr.).

H o s t s Dacus ciliatus LOEW 1862, Dacus demmerezi BEZZI 1917 ( Diptera : Tephritidae).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Mayotte – Madagascar: Prov. Toamasina: Nosy Boraha (Sainte Marie) – Réunion: Réunion.

Known from the Afrotropical region. Psyttalia phaeostigma has been successfully introduced into Réunion for biological control, but the introduction into Mauritius failed.