Eurytoma obtusiventris

Eurytoma obtusiventris is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eurytomidae. It is found in North America and is a parasitoid of Eurosta solidaginis. The wasp attacks after oviposition but prior to the formation of a gall. Eurytoma obtusiventris prompts the Eurosta solidaginis larvae to create a pupa, which the wasp will use after consuming its host.[1] They typically consume the host in autumn and overwinter within the gall, emerging during the summer.[2]

Eurytoma obtusiventris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eurytomidae
Genus: Eurytoma
Species:
E. obtusiventris
Binomial name
Eurytoma obtusiventris
Gahan 1934

References

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  1. ^ Sumerford, Douglas V.; Abrahamson, Warren G. (June 1, 1995). "Geographic and Host Species Effects in Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Mortality". Environmental Entomology. 24 (3): 657–662. doi:10.1093/ee/24.3.657. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ Baust, John G.; Grandee, Rhonda; Condon, George; Morrissey, Richard E. (1979). "The Diversity of Overwintering Strategies Utilized by Separate Populations of Gall Insects". Physiological Zoology. 52 (4): 572–580. doi:10.1086/physzool.52.4.30155948. ISSN 0031-935X. JSTOR 30155948. S2CID 86008394.