Biosteres Explained

Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Förster in 1862.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

• Biosteres arenarius (Stelfox, 1959) - also known as Opius arenarius in Ireland, found in France, Germany, Turkey, and Iran^[2]
• Biosteres blandus (Haliday, 1837) - also known as Opius blandus, hosts include Pegomya and Agromyza^[2]
• Biosteres brevipalpis (Thomson, 1895) ^[2]
• Biosteres carbonarius Nees, 1834 ^[3]
• Biosteres haemorrhoeus (Haliday, 1837) - hosts are of the genus Pegomya, including P. bicolor^[2]
• Biosteres longicauda (Thomson, 1895) ^[2]
• Biosteres spinaciae (Thomson, 1895)^[2]
• Biosteres tryoni (Cameron, 1911) - parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata^[4]
• Biosteres wesmaelii Haliday, 1837 ^[2]
• Biosteres vandenboschi ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biosteres Förster, 1862 . www.gbif.org . 18 February 2021 . en.
2. GADALLAH . NEVEEN S. . GHAHARI . HASSAN . PERIS-FELIPO . FRANCISCO JAVIER . FISCHER . MAXIMILIAN . Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) . Zootaxa . Magnolia Press . 4066 . 1 . 2016-01-12 . 1175-5334 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.1 .
3. Karlsson . Dave . Ronquist . Fredrik . Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a Discussion of Terminology . PLoS ONE . Public Library of Science (PLoS) . 7 . 4 . 2012-04-30 . 1932-6203 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0032573 . free . e32573. 3340384 .
4. Ramadan . Mohsen M . Wong . Tim TY . Beardsley . John W . (PDF) Insectary Production of Biosteres tryoni (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) . Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 30 . 1989-01-01 . 2024-07-07.
5. Ramadan . Mohsen M. . Wong . Tim T. Y. . Messing . Russell H. . Reproductive Biology of Biosteres vandenboschi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Early-Instar Oriental Fruit Fly . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . Oxford University Press (OUP) . 88 . 2 . 1995-03-01 . 1938-2901 . 10.1093/aesa/88.2.189 . 189–195.