Eurytoma obtusiventris

Eurytoma obtusiventris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eurytomidae
Genus:	Eurytoma
Species:	E. obtusiventris
Binomial name
Eurytoma obtusiventris Gahan 1934

Eurytoma obtusiventris is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eurytomidae. It is found in North America and is a parasitoid of Eurosta solidaginis . The wasp attacks after oviposition but prior to the formation of a gall. Eurytoma obtusiventris prompts the Eurosta solidaginis larvae to create a pupa, which the wasp will use after consuming its host. ^[1] They typically consume the host in autumn and overwinter within the gall, emerging during the summer. ^[2]

References

1. Sumerford, Douglas V.; Abrahamson, Warren G. (June 1, 1995). "Geographic and Host Species Effects in Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Mortality" . Environmental Entomology. 24 (3): 657–662. doi:10.1093/ee/24.3.657 . Retrieved 27 October 2022.
2. Baust, John G.; Grandee, Rhonda; Condon, George; Morrissey, Richard E. (1979). "The Diversity of Overwintering Strategies Utilized by Separate Populations of Gall Insects" . Physiological Zoology. 52 (4): 572–580. doi:10.1086/physzool.52.4.30155948. ISSN   0031-935X. JSTOR   30155948. S2CID   86008394.