Biology:Biosteres

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Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.[1]

The genus was first described by Förster in 1862.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:

  • Biosteres arenarius (Stelfox, 1959) - also known as Opius arenarius in Ireland, found in France, Germany, Turkey, and Iran[2]
  • Biosteres blandus (Haliday, 1837) - also known as Opius blandus, hosts include Pegomya and Agromyza[2]
  • Biosteres brevipalpis (Thomson, 1895)[2]
  • Biosteres carbonarius Nees, 1834[3]
  • Biosteres haemorrhoeus (Haliday, 1837) - hosts are of the genus Pegomya, including P. bicolor[2]
  • Biosteres longicauda (Thomson, 1895)[2]
  • Biosteres spinaciae (Thomson, 1895)[2]
  • Biosteres tryoni (Cameron, 1911) - parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata[4]
  • Biosteres wesmaelii Haliday, 1837[2]
  • Biosteres vandenboschi [5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biosteres Förster, 1862" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1268925. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 GADALLAH, NEVEEN S.; GHAHARI, HASSAN; PERIS-FELIPO, FRANCISCO JAVIER; FISCHER, MAXIMILIAN (2016-01-12). "Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)". Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) 4066 (1): 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395527. 
  3. Karlsson, Dave; Ronquist, Fredrik (2012-04-30). "Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a Discussion of Terminology". PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science (PLoS)) 7 (4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032573. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 22558068. Bibcode2012PLoSO...732573K. 
  4. Ramadan, Mohsen M; Wong, Tim TY; Beardsley, John W (1989-01-01). "Insectary Production of Biosteres tryoni (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 30. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/29743433. Retrieved 2024-07-07. 
  5. Ramadan, Mohsen M.; Wong, Tim T. Y.; Messing, Russell H. (1995-03-01). "Reproductive Biology of Biosteres vandenboschi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Early-Instar Oriental Fruit Fly". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Oxford University Press (OUP)) 88 (2): 189–195. doi:10.1093/aesa/88.2.189. ISSN 1938-2901. 

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