title: Description of a new species of Oligosita Walker (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae), egg parasitoid of Balclutha brevis Lindberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) living on Pennisetum setaceum, from Italy.
abstract: A new species of Oligosita Walker (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae), O. balcluthae Viggiani et Laudonia n. sp., is described as a parasitoid of the eggs of Balclutha brevis Lindberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) associated with crimson fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum (Poaceae) in Italy. Morphological features and biology of the new species are discussed and illustrated. The 28S-D2 and ITS2 regions were successfully amplified and sequenced.
authors.affiliation: Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis - Research Centre for Citrus and Mediterranean Crops (CREA-ACM); Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bella
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology "M. La Greca", University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.; Email: dursove@unict.it.
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cupani
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology "M. La Greca", University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.; Email: dursove@unict.it.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: D'urso
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.; Email: laudonia@unina.it.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laudonia
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sinno
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viggiani
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010063:Ovum / Q000469:parasitology; D031782:Pennisetum / Q000469:parasitology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development