NATURALISTA SICILIANO · 2011 · 26 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesEntomologyZoologyInsect EcologyInvertebrate ZoologyParasitologyArthropod ParasitologyInsect OriginsInvasive Insect EcologyParasite DistributionParasitoid BiologyParasitoid EcologyParasitoid BiodiversityParasitoid Community EcologyParasitoid Host FindingParasitoid Host RangeParasitoid SystematicsParasitoid Taxonomy
Psyllaephagus bliteus Riek (Hymenoptera Encyrtidae), parasitoid of the red gum lerp psyllid Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera Psyllidae), has been recorded for the first time in Italy in September 2011. The arrival of P. bliteus in Sicily is due to an accidental introduction, probably together with its host, as already happened in New Zealand, Brazil, Spain and Morocco.