Species of genus Eurytoma (Hym. Chalcidoidea) in Mediterranean olive grove

Abstract

In the Mediterranean area olive grove ecosystems host, other species
of Eurytoma which colonise plants such as Rosa spp. (E. rosae L.), Quercus spp.
(E. brunniventris Ratz.) and Inula viscosa (E. inulae n. sp.) besides Eurytoma
martellii Dom. parasitoid of Bactrocera oleae (Gill). Between them, three species
can be hardly distinguished from a morphological point of view, when the host
plant or the victim are unknown. The new species (Eurytoma inulae) parasitoid
of Myopites stylata Aiton presents instead characteristics which make it easily
distinguishablee from the previous ones. In this work some features for identifying
the mentioned species are reported.