Biology:Dryinus sinicus
| Dryinus sinicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Dryinidae |
| Genus: | Dryinus |
| Species: | D. sinicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryinus sinicus Massimo Olmi
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Dryinus sinicus is a species of wasp that belongs to the family dryinidae. It is native to China.[1]
Behavior
It is a parasitoid of spotted lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) in their nymph stage. Before parasitizing, the female will kill several lanternfly nymphs in host-feeding. They can be a potential biological pest control agent for invasive populations of spotted lanternflies in North America. Their behavior of killing several nymphs before parasitizing means that recorded rates of mortality are beyond that can be quantified using data from sticky traps.[1][2]
Their larvae are ectoparasitic with their head being partially embedded in the coelom of the host and the body protruding between 2 sclerites. It is covered by the larval exuviae. Then they will crawl out of the host, killing it, and into a pupate in a silken cocoon.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Xin, Bei; Zhang, Yan-long; Wang, Xiao-yi; Cao, Liang-ming; Hoelmer, Kim A; Broadley, Hannah J.; Gould, Juli R. (2021). "Exploratory Survey of Spotted Lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) and Its Natural Enemies in China". Environmental Entomology 50 (1): 36–45. doi:10.1093/ee/nvaa137. PMID 33301027. https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/50/1/36/6029751?login=true. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xingeng Wang, Spiro Schramm, Joe M Kaser, Hannah J Broadley, Steven Sipolski, Corrine Losch, Kim A Hoelmer, Developmental morphology and reproductive potential of Dryinus sinicus (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), a promising biological control agent for spotted lanternfly, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2026;, saag013, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saag013
Wikidata ☰ Q110791964 entry
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