Pnigalio mediterraneus

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]

Pnigalio mediterraneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Pnigalio
Species:
P. mediterraneus
Binomial name
Pnigalio mediterraneus
Ferrière & Delucchi, 1957

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

  1. 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. doi:10.1007/s10530-013-0542-8 via Springer Link.
  2. "Pnigalio mediterraneus Ferriere & Delucchi 1957". www.gbif.org.
  3. 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. doi:10.1080/00222930903105088. ISSN 0022-2933.
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