Homoporus destructor ( Say, 1817 )

Xiao, Hui, Zhang, Yan-Zhou, Huang, Da-Wei & Polaszek, Andrew, 2004, A Revision Of Homoporus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Of China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 59-65 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4618919
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scientific name	Homoporus destructor ( Say, 1817 )
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Homoporus destructor ( Say, 1817) View in CoL

Ceraphron destructor Say, 1817: 45 ; Type presumed destroyed

(Graham, 1933: 94). Merisus intermedius Lindeman, 1887: 179-183 View in CoL , 192. Synonymised

by Gahan, 1933: 147. Merisus destructor (Say) - Gahan, 1933: 89-95. Homoporus destructor (Say) - Delucchi, 1957: 418-419; Graham,

1969: 450-451.

Material examined. – 3 females, 3 males, NHM, England: Cambridge , 21 Jul.1930, reared from wheat stubble, Det. Ferrière ; 1 female, IZCAS: CHINA: Shandong, Fuhai , 1 Jun.1958, coll. Mao Jin-Long.

Host(s). – Gahan (1933) stated that this species is the most important

parasite of the hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor Say ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ). It is a solitary, primary ectoparasite. It also occasionally acts as a secondary parasite via Platygaster hiemalis Forbes or P. zosine Walker. Thompson (1958) , Graham (1969) and Dzhanokmen (1978) recorded it attacking Mayetiola avenae Marsh. , Oscinella frit (L.) and Elachiptera cornuta (Fln.) ( Diptera : Chloropidae ).

Distribution. – CHINA (Shandong); Nearctic, Palaearctic.