Parasitoids of Fruit-Infesting Tephritidae

Utetes ussuriensis (Tobias, 1977)

For additional information, see the Utetes page.

This species was originally described as Opius (Xynobius) ussuriensis by Tobias (1977). It was later formally transferred from Opius to Utetes by Wharton (1997). Utetes had been recognized as a subgenus of Opius by Fischer (1972), and later elevated to generic rank by Wharton (1988). However, most of the species that attack Tephritidae were not formally transferred to Utetes until 1997, after Utetes had been redefined (Wharton 1997).

Native

Russia (Fischer, M. 1984.)

East Siberia (Tobias, V. I. 2000.)

Far East Russia (Tobias, V. I. 1977.; Tobias, V. I. and Jakimavicius, A. 1986.; Tobias, V. I. 1977.; Tobias, V. I. 2000.)

Utetes ussuriensis (Tobias) has been reared from Rhagoletis reducta Hering in fruits of Lonicera ruprechtiana (Tobias 1977).