Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of lucerne (Medicago sativa), is controlled in New Zealand by the introduced parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Unfortunately, a second Sitona species, S. lepidus (=flavescens), which has recently invaded New ...
Potential non-target impact of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Cleopus japonicus Wingelmuller (Coleoptera: CurculionidaeMcNeill, M. R., Withers, T. M., Goldson, S. L. (2005) Potential non-target impact of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) ...
(1983) Sources of importation, establishment and spread in Australia of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22, 325-331....
The venom glands are only about half the length of those found in Microctonus aethiopoides Loan and are made up of a single layer of cells surrounding a central lumen. The cells have a distinctive large vacuole in their cytoplasm.
Vink CJ, Barratt BIP, Phillips CB, Barton DM (2012) Moroccan specimens of Microctonus aethiopoides spice our under- standing of genetic variation in this internationally important braconid parasitoid of adult weevils. BioControl (in press)
Parasitism by Microctonus aethiopoides on a novel host, Listronotus bonariensis, in Canterbury pastures. New Zealand Plant Protection 56: 280-286.McNeill MR, Kean JM, Goldson SL (2002b) Parasitism by Microctonus aethiopoides on a novel host, Listronotus bonariensis , in Canterbury ...
Vink CJ, Barratt BIP, Phillips CB, Barton DM (2012) Moroccan specimens of Microctonus aethiopoides spice our under- standing of genetic variation in this internationally important braconid parasitoid of adult weevils. BioControl (in press)
Genetic variation in Moroccan specimens of Microctonus aethiopoides, a widespread weevil parasitoidVink, Cor JBarratt, Barbara I PPhillips, Craig BBarton, Diane M
Sublethal effects of insecticides on the alfalfa weevil parasites Microctonus aethiopoides. Environmental Entomology 5: 683-687.Dumbre, R. B., and A. A. Hower, Jr. 1976b. Sublethal effects of insecticides on the alfalfa weevil parasites Microctonus aethiopoides. Environ. Entomol. 5: 683-...
Field release, establishment and initial dispersal of Irish Microctonus aethiopoides in Sitona lepidus populations in northern New Zealand pastures. Biocontrol 2011, 56, 861-870. [CrossRef]Gerard PJ, Wilson DJ, Eden TM 2011. Field release, establishment and initial dispersal of Irish Microct...