Tetramesa

Tetramesa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eurytomidae
Subfamily: Eurytominae
Genus: Tetramesa
Walker, 1848
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Gahaniola
  • Exanthosoma Girault, 1915
  • Gahaniola Erdos, 1952
  • Harmolita Motschulsky, 1863
  • Harmolyta Dalla Torre, 1898
  • Isosoma Walker, 1832
  • Isosomochares Dalla Torre, 1898
  • Isosomocharis Ashmead, 1888
  • Isthmosoma Hedicke, 1921
  • Philachyra Walker, 1871
  • Urios Girault, 1911
  • Xanthosoma Ashmead, 1888
Figure 1. Tetramesa amica Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov. A female habitus in lateral view B head of female in frontal view C female antenna D male antenna.

Tetramesa is a genus of phytophagous wasps. [1] The genus has over 200 described species. [3] They are generally species-specific gall inducers and can be used as biological control for invasive grasses. Adults feed on nectar. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Zerova, M. D.; Fursov, V. N. (1 February 2016). "A Redescription and New Data on the Distribution of Tetramesa phragmitis (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae)". Vestnik Zoologii. 50 (1): 85–88. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2016-0010.
  2. ^ "Tetramesa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  3. ^ van Steenderen, Clarke J. M.; Sutton, Guy F.; Yell, Liam D.; Canavan, Kim; McConnachie, Andrew J.; Day, Michael D.; Paterson, Iain D. (1 December 2023). "Phylogenetic analyses reveal multiple new stem-boring Tetramesa taxa (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): implications for the biological control of invasive African grasses". BioControl. 68 (6): 697–708. Bibcode:2023BioCo..68..697V. doi:10.1007/s10526-023-10231-4. ISSN 1573-8248.
  4. ^ Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Rasplus, Jean-Yves; Cristofaro, Massimo; Marini, Francesca (18 December 2020). "Tetramesa amica and its parasitoid Eurytomaamicophaga (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae): two new species associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Poaceae)". ZooKeys (1005): 133–149. Bibcode:2020ZooK.1005..133L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.56353. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7762749. PMID 33390758.


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