Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1984

Section V - Species of Introduced Beneficial Organisms (Excluding Plants) Released in U.S. and Territories - 1984

Arranged Alphabetically by Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, with Type of Organism

PHYLUM: NEMATODA

Class: Secernentia

  Order: Rhabditida
   Family: Heterorhabditidae
     Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976 PA

   Family: Steinernematidae
     Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) PA

  Order: Tylenchida
   Family: Anguinidae
     Subanguina picridis (Kirj1944)Breski1981 WE

PHYLUM: ARTHROPODA

Class: Arachnida (Subclass Acari)

  Order: Acariformes
   Family: Podapolipidae
     Chrysomelobia labidomerae Eickwort PA
     Coccipolipus epilachnae Smiley PA

  Order: Parasitiformes
   Family: Phytoseiidae
     Amblyseius sp.  PR                               Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot) PR
     Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot) PR           Galendromus occidentalis (Nesbitt) PR
     Galendromus porresi (McMurtry) PR                Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) PR
     Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot PR        Typhlodromus rickeri Chant PR

Class: Insecta

  Order: Coleoptera
   Family: Buprestidae
     Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger WE

   Family: Cerambycidae
     Oberea erythrocephala (Schrank) WE


   Family: Chrysomelidae
     Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt WE
     Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) WE
     Chrysolina spp.  WE

   Family: Coccinellidae
     Chilocorus kuwanae Silvestri PR                  Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius) PR
     Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus PR            Delphastus catalinae (Horn) PR
     Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) PR                    Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) PR
     Lioadalia flavomaculata (DeGeer) PR              Nephaspis bicolor Gordon PR
     Nephaspis oculata (Blatchley) PR                 Propylea japonica (Thunberg) PR
     Pseudoscymnus anomalus Chapin PR                 Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell) PR
     Scymnus sp.  PR                                  Telsimia nitida Chapin PR

   Family: Curculionidae
     Apion brunneonigrum Beguin-Billecocq WE          Apion fuscirostre (Fabricius) WE
     Apion (Exapion) ulicis (Förster) WE              Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius) WE
     Microlarinus spp.  WE                            Neochetina bruchi Hustache WE
     Neochetina eichhorniae Warner WE                 Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) WE
     Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) WE

   Family: Nitidulidae
     Cybocephalus ?nipponicus Endrody-Younga PR

   Family: Scarabaeidae
     Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) OT
     Liatongus militaris (LaPorte) OT
     Onthophagus bonasus (Fabricius) OT

  Order: Diptera
   Family: Tachinidae
     Ametadoria misella (Wulp) PA                     Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) PA
     Cyzenis albicans (Fallén) PA                     Istocheta aldrichi (Mesnil) PA
     Meigenia mutabilis (Fallén) PA                   Palexorista laxa (Curran) PA

   Family: Tephritidae
     Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) WE                 Urophora cardui (Linnaeus) WE
     Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen) WE              Urophora sirunaseva (Hering) WE
     Urophora spp.  WE                                Urophora stylata (Fabricius) WE

  Order: Heteroptera
   Family: Miridae
     Tytthus mundulus (Breddin) PR

   Family: Pentatomidae
     Oplomus dichrous (Herrich-Schäffer) PR
     Oplomus ebulinus (Herrich-Schäffer) PR

  Order: Hymenoptera
   Family: Aphelinidae
     Aphelinus varipes (Förster) PA                   Aphytis chrysomphali (Mercet) PA
     Aphytis lingnanensis Compere PA                  Coccophagus rusti Compere PA
     Encarsia ?haitiensis Dozier PA                   Encarsia formosa Gahan PA
     Encarsia lahorensis (Howard) PA                  Encarsia opulenta (Silvestri) PA
     Eretmocerus mundus (Mercet) PA                   Prococcophagus probus Annecke PA
     Prococcophagus saissetiae Annecke & Mynhardt PA

   Family: Aphidiidae
     Aphidius colemani Viereck PA                     Aphidius ervi Haliday PA
     Aphidius matricariae Haliday PA                  Aphidius rhopalosiphi DeStefani PA
     Aphidius uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki PA             Ephedrus plagiator (Nees) PA
     Trioxys pallidus Haliday PA

   Family: Bethylidae
     Goniozus emigratus (Rohwer) PA                   Goniozus legneri Gordh PA
     Goniozus pakmanus Gordh PA                       Goniozus sp.  PA

   Family: Braconidae
     Agathis pumila (Ratzeburg) PA                    Aleiodes lymantriae (Watanabe) PA
     Allorhogas pyralophagus Marsh PA                 Biosteres sublaevis Wharton PA
     Bracon compressitarsis Wharton PA                Bracon sp. nr. gelechiae Ashmead PA
     Cardiochiles diaphaniae Marsh PA                 Cotesia melanoscelus (Ratzeburg) PA
     Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) PA                 Cotesia rubecula (Marshall) PA
     Cotesia schaeferi (Marsh) PA                     Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Cameron) PA
     Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh) PA                 Glyptapanteles flavicoxis (Marsh) PA
     Glyptapanteles harrisinae (Muesebeck) PA         Heterospilus annulatus Marsh PA
     Heterospilus megalopus Marsh PA                  Macrocentrus prolificus Wharton PA
     Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) PA              Microctonus aethiopoides Loan PA
     Microctonus colesi Drea PA                       Microplitis demolitor (Wilkinson) PA
     Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev PA               Opius dimidiatus (Ashmead) PA
     Opius dissitus Muesebeck PA                      Peristenus adelphocoridis Loan PA
     Peristenus digoneutis Loan PA                    Peristenus rubricollis (Thomson) PA
     Peristenus stygicus Loan PA                      Pholetesor pedias (Nixon) PA
     Rhaconotus roslinensis Lal PA                    Urosigalphus schwarzi Crawford PA

   Family: Chalcididae
     Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) PA                 Brachymeria lasus (Walker) PA
     Spilochalcis sp.  PA

   Family: Diapriidae
     Coptera evansi Muesebeck PA                      Coptera occidentalis Muesebeck PA

   Family: Encyrtidae
     Aloencyrtus saissetiae (Compere) PA              Cerchysiella utilis (Noyes) PA
     Comperia merceti (Compere) PA                    Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard) PA

   Family: Eucoilidae
     Ganaspidium utilis Beardsley PA

   Family: Eulophidae
     Chrysocharis caribea Boucek PA                   Chrysocharis clarkae Yoshimoto PA
     Chrysocharis oscinidis Ashmead PA                Chrysonotomyia punctiventris (Crawford) PA
     Diglyphus begini (Ashmead) PA                    Edovum puttleri Grissell PA
     Goetheana parvipennis (Gahan) PA                 Oomyzus gallerucae (Fonscolombe) PA
     Oomyzus incertus (Ratzeburg) PA                  Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford) PA
     Pediobius furvum (Gahan) PA                      Tetrastichus coeruleus (Nees) PA
     Tetrastichus crioceridis Graham PA               Tetrastichus julis (Walker) PA

   Family: Ichneumonidae
     Agrypon flaveolatum (Gravenhorst) PA             Bathyplectes anurus (Thomson) PA
     Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson) PA            Bathyplectes stenostigma (Thomson) PA
     Campoplex frustranae Cushman PA                  Campoplex n. sp.  PA
     Diadromus collaris (Gravenhorst) PA              Diaparsis temporalis Horstmann PA
     Diaparsis truncata (Gravenhorst) PA              Hyposoter ebeninus (Gravenhorst) PA
     Hyposoter lymantriae Cushman PA                  Lathrolestes nigricollis (Thomson) PA
     Lemophagus crioceritor Aubert PA                 Lemophagus curtus Townes PA
     Mallochia pyralidis Wharton PA                   Microcharops anticarsiae Gupta PA
     Pimpla disparis Viereck PA

   Family: Megachilidae
     Chalicodoma nigripes (Spinola) PO
     Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski) PO
     Osmia cornuta Latreille PO

   Family: Mymaridae
     Anaphes diana (Girault) PA
     Stethynium empoascae Subba Rao PA

   Family: Platygastridae
     Amitus hesperidum Silvestri PA

   Family: Pteromalidae
     Catolaccus grandis (Burks) PA                    Catolaccus hunteri Crawford PA
     Dibrachoides dynastes (Förster) PA               Halticoptera circulus (Walker) PA
     Muscidifurax zaraptor Kogan & Legner PA

   Family: Scelionidae
     Telenomus solitus Johnson PA                     Telenomus sp. A  PA
     Telenomus sp. B  PA                              Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) PA

   Family: Trichogrammatidae
     Trichogramma atopovirilia Oatman & Platner PA
     Trichogramma chilonis Ishii PA
     Trichogrammatoidea annulata DeSantis PA

  Order: Lepidoptera
   Family: Arctiidae
     Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros WE

   Family: Cochylidae
     Agapeta zoegana (Linnaeus) WE

   Family: Coleophoridae
     Coleophora klimeschiella Toll WE

   Family: Gelechiidae
     Metzneria paucipunctella Zeller WE

   Family: Noctuidae
     Calophasia lunula (Hufnagel) WE

   Family: Pyralidae
     Mescinia sp.  WE
     Sameodes albiguttalis (Warren) WE

   Family: Sphingidae
     Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus) WE

   Family: Tortricidae
     Pelochrista medullana (Staudinger) WE

  Order: Thysanoptera
   Family: Phlaeothripidae
     Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill WE

   Family: Thripidae
     Scolothrips sexmaculatus (Pergande) PR


MICROBIAL ORGANISMS

Virus, Invertebrate
  
   Family: Baculoviridae
     NPV, Anticarsia gemmatalis  MI

Fungi

Class: Zygomycetes
  Order: Entomophthorales
   Family: Entomophthoraceae
     Zoophthora radicans (Brefeld) Batko MI