Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a new parasitoid of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Syria

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Youssef, Rawa Muhsen, Abo Kaf, Nabil Hasan, Aboud, Rafeek (2022): Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a new parasitoid of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Syria. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 219-227, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.219, URL: doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.219 ABSTRACT.

Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead, 1904) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was collected for the first time from larvae of the tomato leaf-miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) infesting Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. in Syria. Diagnostic morphological characters, biology and distribution of the newly recorded species are provided. Its role in the biological or integrated control of T. absoluta remains to be evaluated.