Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1985

Section V - Species of Introduced Beneficial Organisms (Excluding Plants) Released in U.S. and Territories - 1985

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 scapterisci Nguyen & Smart PA

  Order: Tylenchida
   Family: Anguinidae
     Subanguina picridis (Kirjanova, 1944) Brzeski, 1981 WE


PHYLUM: ARTHROPODA

Class: Arachnida (Subclass Acari)

  Order: Acariformes
   Family: Eriophyidae

   Family: Podapolipidae
     Chrysomelobia labidomerae Eickwort PA         Coccipolipus epilachnae Smiley PA

  Order: Parasitiformes
   Family: Phytoseiidae
     Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot) PR         Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot) PR
     Neoseiulus anonymus (Chant) PR                Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) PR
     Neoseiulus fallacis (Garman) PR               Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot PR
     Typhlodromus rickeri Chant PR

Class: Insecta

  Order: Coleoptera
   Family: Buprestidae
     Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer) WE                Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger WE

   Family: Cerambycidae
     Oberea erythrocephala (Schrank) WE

   Family: Chrysomelidae
     Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt WE         Aphthona flava Guillebeau WE
     Cassida rubiginosa Müller WE                  Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) WE
     Chrysolina spp.  WE                           Leptinotarsa defecta (Stål) WE

   Family: Cleridae
     Thanasimus undatulus (Say) PR

   Family: Coccinellidae
     Chilocorus kuwanae Silvestri PR               Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius) PR
     Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus PR         Delphastus catalinae (Horn) PR
     Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) PR                 Nephaspis bicolor Gordon PR
     Nephaspis oculata (Blatchley) PR              Nephaspis spp.  PR
     Stethorus punctum punctum (LeConte) PR

   Family: Curculionidae
     Apion fuscirostre (Fabricius) WE              Apion (Exapion) ulicis (Förster) WE
     Bangasternus orientalis (Capiomont) WE        Gymnetron antirrhini (Paykull) WE
     Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius) WE            Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val) WE
     Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) WE       Microlarinus spp.  WE
     Neochetina bruchi Hustache WE                 Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) WE
     Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) WE

   Family: Nitidulidae
     Cybocephalus sp.  PR

   Family: Scarabaeidae
     Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) OT         Gromphas lacordairei (Brulle) OT
     Liatongus militaris (LaPorte) OT              Onitis alexis Klug OT
     Onthophagus bonasus (Fabricius) OT            Onthophagus sagittarius (Fabricius) OT
     Onthophagus taurus Schreber OT

  Order: Diptera
   Family: Cecidomyiidae
     Rhopalomyia californica Felt WE               Spurgia capitigena (Bremi) WE

   Family: Pipunculidae
     Chalarus pughi Coe PA

   Family: Tachinidae
     Ametadoria misella (Wulp) PA                  Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) PA
     Istocheta aldrichi (Mesnil) PA                Meigenia mutabilis (Fallén) PA
     Palexorista laxa (Curran) PA                  Parasetigena silvestris (Robineau-Desvoidy) 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: Pentatomidae
     Oplomus dichrous (Herrich-Schäffer) PR 

   Family: Rhopalidae
     Niesthrea louisianica Sailer WE

  Order: Hymenoptera
   Family: Aphelinidae
     Encarsia formosa Gahan PA                     Encarsia haitiensis Dozier PA
     Encarsia lahorensis (Howard) PA               Pteroptrix n. sp.  PA

   Family: Aphidiidae
     Aphidius colemani Viereck PA                  Aphidius ervi Haliday PA
     Aphidius staryi Chen & Luhman PA              Ephedrus plagiator (Nees) PA
     Trioxys pallidus Haliday PA

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

   Family: Braconidae
     Agathis pumila (Ratzeburg) PA                 Aleiodes lymantriae (Watanabe) PA
     Allorhogas pyralophagus Marsh PA              Aphaereta pallipes (Say) PA
     Cotesia flavipes (Cameron) PA                 Cotesia kazak (Telenga) PA
     Cotesia melanoscelus (Ratzeburg) PA           Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) PA
     Cotesia rubecula (Marshall) PA                Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday) PA
     Cotesia schaeferi (Marsh) PA                  Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Cameron) PA
     Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh) PA              Digonogastra kimballi Kirkland PA
     Doryctobracon trinidadensis (Szépligeti) PA   Fopius vandenboschi (Fullaway) PA
     Glyptapanteles flavicoxis (Marsh) PA          Glyptapanteles harrisinae (Muesebeck) PA
     Heterospilus annulatus 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 dissitus Muesebeck PA
     Peristenus adelphocoridis Loan PA             Peristenus digoneutis Loan PA
     Peristenus rubricollis (Thomson) PA           Peristenus stygicus Loan PA
     Pholetesor pedias (Nixon) PA                  Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri) PA
     Rhaconotus roslinensis Lal PA                 Urosigalphus schwarzi Crawford PA
     Zelomorpha sp.  PA

   Family: Chalcididae
     Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) PA              Brachymeria lasus (Walker) PA

   Family: Diapriidae
     Coptera evansi Muesebeck PA

   Family: Dryinidae
     Aphelopus atratus (Dalman) PA                 Aphelopus camus Richards PA
     Aphelopus melaleucus (Dalman) PA              Aphelopus sp. "yellow"  PA

   Family: Encyrtidae
     Cerchysiella utilis (Noyes) PA                Comperia merceti (Compere) PA
     Copidosomopsis plethoricus (Caltagirone) PA   Metaphycus orientalis (Compere) PA
     Metaphycus zebratus Mercet PA                 Microterys okitsuensis Compere PA
     Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard) OA

   Family: Eucoilidae
     Ganaspidium utilis Beardsley PA

   Family: Eulophidae
     Aceratoneuromyia indica (Silvestri) PA        Chrysocharis caribea Boucek PA
     Chrysocharis oscinidis Ashmead PA             Chrysonotomyia punctiventris (Crawford) 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 brontispae Ferriere PA           Tetrastichus coeruleus (Nees) PA
     Tetrastichus crioceridis Graham PA            Tetrastichus julis (Walker) PA

   Family: Ichneumonidae
     Bathyplectes anurus (Thomson) PA              Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson) PA
     Bathyplectes stenostigma (Thomson) PA         Campoplex frustranae Cushman PA
     Campoplex n. sp.  PA                          Casinaria arjuna Gupta & Maheshwary PA
     Dentichasmias busseolae Heinrich PA           Diadegma semiclausum Hellen 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
     Olesicampe benefactor Hinz PA                 Phobocampe lymantriae Gupta PA
     Pimpla disparis Viereck PA

   Family: Megachilidae
     Osmia cornuta Latreille PO

   Family: Mymaridae
     Anagrus epos Girault PA                       Anaphes flavipes (Förster) PA

   Family: Pteromalidae
     Catolaccus grandis (Burks) PA                 Catolaccus hunteri Crawford PA
     Dibrachoides dynastes (Förster) PA            Muscidifurax raptorellus peruanus  PA

   Family: Scelionidae
     Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) PA

   Family: Tiphiidae
     Tiphia vernalis Rohwer PA

   Family: Torymidae
     Torymus koreanus Kamijo PA

   Family: Trichogrammatidae
     Trichogramma atopovirilia Oatman & Platner PA    Trichogramma chilonis Ishii PA
     Trichogramma ostriniae Pang & Chen PA            Trichogramma platneri Nagarkatti PA
     Trichogrammatoidea annulata DeSantis PA          Trichogrammatoidea eldanae Viggiani 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
     Sameodes albiguttalis (Warren) WE

   Family: Sphingidae
     Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus) WE

  Order: Neuroptera
   Family: Chrysopidae
     Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister) PR


MICROBIAL ORGANISMS

Fungi

Class: Zygomycetes
  Order: Entomophthorales
   Family: Entomophthoraceae
     Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu & Soper MI