Netelia producta
| Netelia producta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Tryphoninae |
| Tribe: | Phytodietini |
| Genus: | Netelia |
| Species: | N. producta |
| Binomial name | |
| Netelia producta Brullé, 1846 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Netelia foveata Cameron 1898 | |
Netelia producta is a species of ichneumonid wasp in the subfamily Tryphoninae found in Australia.
Description and identification
N. producta is one of about 9 described species and 11 undescribed species in its genus found in Australia. It is uniformly orange-brown in color like most members of the genus, and separation from its allies can only be reliably done by inspection of male genitalia with respect to a structure on the clasper.
Distribution
N. producta is endemic to Australia.
Life cycle
Netelia producta is a koinobiont larval parasitoid of caterpillars in the family Noctuidae. Among these hosts is the genus Helicoverpa, including Helicoverpa armigera, which is a pest of crops including tomatoes.
The female envenomates the host caterpillar to paralyze it and lays an egg behind the head capsule. After the egg hatches, the larva feeds on its host as the host develops. The larva later emerges once the host becomes a prepupa, which kills the host. The larva then spins its own black-colored cocoon out of silk and pupates in the subterranean pupation chamber created by its host.
References
- ↑ Gauld, I.D. (1984). An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia. London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 413 pp. ISBN 0-565-00895-1.
- ↑ Konishi, Kazuhiko (2014). "A revision of the subgenus Bessobates of the genus Netelia from Japan (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae)". Zootaxa. 3755 (4): 301–346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3755.4.1. PMID 24869824. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- 1 2 Berry, Jocelyn A.; Walker, Graham P. (2004). "Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae): An exotic polyphagous parasitoid in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 31 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1080/03014223.2004.9518357. ISSN 0301-4223. S2CID 83479676.
- ↑ Quicke, Donald L.J.; Butcher, Buntika A. (2021). "Review of Venoms of Non-Polydnavirus Carrying Ichneumonoid Wasps". Biology. 10 (1): 50. doi:10.3390/biology10010050. PMC 7828074. PMID 33445639.
- 1 2 3 Johns, Caitlin V.; Whitehouse, Mary E.A. (2004). "Mass rearing of two larval parasitoids of Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Netelia producta (Brullé) and Heteropelma scaposum (Morley) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) for field release". Australian Journal of Entomology. 43 (1): 83–87. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00402.x.
- ↑ Walker, Paul W. (2011). "Biology and development of Chaetophthalmus dorsalis (Malloch) (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitising Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and H. punctigera Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae in the laboratory". Australian Journal of Entomology. 50 (3): 309–318. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00820.x.
- ↑ Murray, D.A.H.; Zalucki, M.P. (1994). "Spatial Distribution and Mortality of Helicoverpa spp. Pupae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under Field Crops on the Darling Downs, Queensland". Australian Journal of Entomology. 33 (3): 193–198. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01215.x.
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