Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Il Kwon Kim; Maurice McDonald; John La Salle

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.989.1.1

Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Il Kwon Kim^*, Maurice McDonald, John La Salle

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Abstract

Moona spermophaga Kim & La Salle gen. & sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) is described from eastern Australia. This species induces galls on the seeds of two species of Corymbia (Myrtaceae), can achieve quite high levels of infestation, and has the potential to become another invasive species associated with eucalypts which has escaped Australia. Moona is related to Quadrastichodella, and similarities and differences between these genera are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	989
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.989.1.1
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia

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