Ophelimus sp. A

Matsunaga, Janis N., Howarth, Francis G. & Kumashiro, Bernarr R., 2019, New State Records and Additions to the Alien Terrestrial Arthropod Fauna in the Hawaiian Islands, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 51 (1), pp. 1-71 : 13

Ophelimus sp. A (maybe not O. eucalypti , not O. maskelli )

NEW STATE RECORD

Ophelimus sp. A adults emerged from blister galls of Eucalyptus sp. foliage collected on Maui. La Salle speculates that this is most likely the gall former from this species of Eucalyptus . This is not O. maskelli (a known gall former on Eucalyptus causing problems in other areas of the world) and it may not be O. eucalylpti - According to La Salle (2005, pers. comm. 24 August), the taxonomy of these small gall forming eulophids on Eucalyptus spp. is unresolved, with most of the species (and probably some of the genera) being undescribed. Also see? Closterocerus sp. A .

Collection records: MAUI, Camp Maluhia , 16.VIII.2005, ex. Eucalyptus sp. foliage with blister galls, coll. M. Fukada, det. J. La Salle, 24.VIII.2005.