Quadrastichus erythrinae

Quadrastichus erythrinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Quadrastichus
Species:
Q. erythrinae
Binomial name
Quadrastichus erythrinae
Kim, 2004

Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004, (quadra=four, stichus=line, erythrinae=of erythrina) is a small parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Eulophidae, but also a secondary phytophage by way of inducing galls on the leaves, stems, petioles and young shoots of various Erythrina species.

Q. erythrinae was identified in 2004 in Erythrina galls collected in Singapore, Mauritius and Réunion. Eurytoma is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae of which some are parasitoids of Quadrastichus species; a parasitoid from the Eulophidae is Aprostocetus exertus.[1][2]

  1. ^ Salle, John La; Ramadan, Mohsen; Kumashiro, Bernarr R. (27 April 2009). "A new parasitoid of the Erythrina Gall Wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)". Zootaxa. 2083 (1): 19–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2083.1.2.
  2. ^ Gates, M.; Delvare, G. (16 April 2008). "A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist". Zootaxa. 1751 (1): 1–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1751.1.1.