Josephiella microcarpae | RIS-ky

Josephiella microcarpae

Beardsley & Rasplus, 2001

Arthropoda » Hymenoptera » Agaonidae » Josephiella microcarpae

Ηabitat

X11 Large parks

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

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Establishment status

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

2018

Impacts

Leaf galler of F. microcarpa, lowers attractiveness of the plant used as ornamental (Demetriou pers. comm.).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Parasites on plants – Par Plant

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM

Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Compton SG, Stavrinides M, Kaponas C, Thomas PJ (2020) No escape: most insect colonisers of an introduced fig tree in Cyprus come from the plant’s native range. Biological Invasions 22: 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02132-4

Kalaentzis K, Koutsoukos E, Demetriou J, Kazilas C, Avtzis DN, Georgiadis C (2023) First record and DNA barcoding of the fig gall wasp Josephiella microcarpae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) in Greece. BioInvasions Records 12(2): 563-571. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2023.12.2.19