Open AccessPERILAMPUS AUSTRALIS GIRAULT (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE: PERILAMPINAE), A HYPERPARASITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAGUE LOCUST CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA (WALKER) (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)
Author(s) -
BAKER G. L.,
PIGOTT R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00820.x
Subject(s) - biology , pteromalidae , acrididae , orthoptera , hymenoptera , plague (disease) , zoology , locust , natural enemies , ecology , parasitoid , history , archaeology
Perilampus australis Girault was reared from puparia of the tachinid Ceracia fergusoni (Malloch), the larvae of which had parasitised adult Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker). These observations constitute the first record of a hyperparasite of C. terminifera and the first host record for P. australis.