Species of insect
Pnigalio mediterraneus is a species of insect in the family Eulophidae. It is a parasitoid of the olive fruit fly and the horse-chestnut leaf miner.[1][2]
Some works have considered this species to be a synonym of P. agraules, however molecular and morphological characterization has been used to demonstrate that they are distinct but closely related.[3]
References
- ^ Gebiola, M.; Lopez-Vaamonde, C.; Nappo, A. G.; Bernardo, U. (April 1, 2014). "Did the parasitoid Pnigalio mediterraneus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) track the invasion of the horse chestnut leafminer?". Biological Invasions. 16 (4): 843–857. Bibcode:2014BiInv..16..843G. doi:10.1007/s10530-013-0542-8 – via Springer Link.
- ^ "Pnigalio mediterraneus Ferriere & Delucchi 1957". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Gebiola, M.; Bernardo, U.; Monti, M. M.; Navone, P.; Viggiani, G. (2009). "Pnigalio agraules (Walker) and Pnigalio mediterraneus Ferrière and Delucchi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): two closely related valid species". Journal of Natural History. 43 (39–40): 2465–2480. Bibcode:2009JNatH..43.2465G. doi:10.1080/00222930903105088. ISSN 0022-2933.
