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Diachasmimorpha mellea

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Diachasmimorpha mellea
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D. mellea
Binomial name
Diachasmimorpha mellea
(Gahan, 1915)

Diachasmimorpha mellea (formerly known as Biosteres melleus) is a species of braconid parasitoid wasp which attacks multiple species of Rhagoletis fruit flies, including R. pomonella, the apple maggot fly. This wasp has been found throughout much of the United States and in Central Mexico. It is morphologically similar to and has overlapping range with another apple maggot parasitoid, Diachasma alloeum.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Forbes, A. A.; Hood, G. R.; Feder, J. L. (2010-11-01). "Geographic and Ecological Overlap of Parasitoid Wasps Associated with the Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) Species Complex". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (6): 908–915. doi:10.1603/AN10046. ISSN 0013-8746.
  2. ^ Rull, Juan; Wharton, Robert; Feder, Jeffrey L.; Guillén, Larissa; Sivinski, John; Forbes, Andrew; Aluja, Martín (2009-06-01). "Latitudinal Variation in Parasitoid Guild Composition and Parasitism Rates of North American Hawthorn Infesting Rhagoletis". Environmental Entomology. 38 (3): 588–599. doi:10.1603/022.038.0310. ISSN 0046-225X.