Parasitoids of dasineura gleditchiae (osten sacken, 1866) (diptera, cecidomyiidae) in Belgrade

Abstract

Dasineura gleditchiae is a North American species that was introduced into Europe in the mid 1970s. There it spread rapidly and started to cause damage by building galls on young leaves of honey locust. Because its parasitoids in Europe have still been very little studied, detailed investigations were carried out in Belgrade during 2012 and 2013. Seven species of parasitoids and a fairly low percentage of parasitization were recorded in the course of those investigations. Among the recorded species of parasitoids, the species Aprostocetus diversus, A. epicharmus and Torymus sp. stood out with respect to their abundance and frequency of occurrence. In relation to them, the other species of parasitoids were rare and much less heavily present.