Description of Eniacomorpha hermetiae Delvare sp. N. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) a pupal parasitoid of Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae), and a potential threat to mass production of the fly as a feed supplement for domestic animals

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Zootaxa

Name of Author

Gérard Delvare, Université de Montpellier
Robert S. Copeland, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Chrysantus M. Tanga, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology NairobiFollow

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

Eniacomorpha hermetiae Delvare sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae, Dirhininae), reared from pupae of black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae), is described and illustrated from Africa and compared with other similar species newly considered as forming the ehrhorni species-group within Eniacomorpha Girault, 1915. The newly described parasitic wasp may have a negative impact on efforts to mass produce BSF in Africa as a feed supplement for domestic animals. Eniacomorpha is removed from synonymy under Dirhinus Dalman, 1818, revised status, for the Afrotropical species of Dirhininae previously placed in Dirhinus subgenus Pareniaca Crawford, 1913. A checklist of the 10 recognized species of Afrotropical Eniacomorpha is given, of which 9 are new generic combinations.

Keywords

Black soldier fly, Dirhininae, Feed supplement, Ghana, Hosts, Kenya, Morphology, New parasitoid, Synonym, Threat

PubMed ID

31712476

Recommended Citation

Delvare, G., Copeland, R., & Tanga, C. (2019). Description of Eniacomorpha hermetiae Delvare sp. N. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) a pupal parasitoid of Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae), and a potential threat to mass production of the fly as a feed supplement for domestic animals. Zootaxa, 4638 (2), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.4