Neotropical Thrypticus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) reared from water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, and other pontederiaceae

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-449

  Bickel, Daniel J ^a   Hernández, M Cristina ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dolichopodidae; Eichhornia crassipes; Pontederiaceae; Thrypticus

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

CYPERACEAE; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EICHHOMIA CRASSIPES; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; JUNCACEAE; POACEAE; PONTEDERIACEAE; THRYPTICUS; THRYPTICUS AZURICOLA; THRYPTICUS CHANOPHALLUS; THRYPTICUS CIRCULARIS; THRYPTICUS FORMOSENSIS; THRYPTICUS ROMUS; THRYPTICUS SAGITTATUS; THRYPTICUS TARAGUI; THRYPTICUS TRUNCATUS; THRYPTICUS YANAYACU; TODARODES;

EID: 3242806777     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0437:NTDDRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Bennett, F. D. 1976. The current status of investigations on biotic agents of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes and water fern Salvinia molesta. Report of the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Trinidad, West Indies. Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Curepe, Trinidad.
2. Bickel, D.J. 1986. Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Records Australian Mus. 38: 135-151.
3. Cordo, H. A., A. J. Sosa, and M. C. Hernández. 2000. The petiole mining fly Thrypticus sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new agent for the biological control of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), pp. 315-323. In N. R. Spencer [ed.], Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, 4-14 July 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman. Montana State University, Bozeman.
4. Dyte, C. E. 1993. The occurrence of Thrypticus smaragdinus Gerst. (Dipt. Dolichopodidae) in Britain, with remarks on plant hosts in the genus. Entomologist 112: 81-84.
5. Hernández, M. C., H. A. Cordo, and M. P. Hill. 2004. Studies in Argentina on two new species of Thrypticus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) as agents for the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. In Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, 27 April-2 May 2003, Canberra, Australia.
6. McAlpine, J. F. 1981. Morphology and terminology - adults, pp. 9-64. In J. F. McAlpine et al. [eds.], Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Monograph 27, Ottawa, Canada. Canadian Government Publishing Serv., Hull, Quebec, Canada.