Verrallia aucta

Verrallia aucta
Verrallia aucta Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Pipunculidae
Subfamily:	Chalarinae
Genus:	Verrallia
Species:	V. aucta
Binomial name
Verrallia aucta (Fallen 1817) [1]
Synonyms
Cephalops aucta Fallen 1817 Verrallia helveticaKuznetzov, 1993 [2]

Verrallia aucta is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae. It is found in the Palearctic. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Hosts

Parasitoid on Philaenus spumarius . Because P. s. is the most common vector (in Europe) of the invasive agricultural disease Xylella fastidiosa , V. aucta is of great interest as a biological control. Insecticide application can produce paradoxical target rebound by hitting V. aucta as well as the intended P. spumarius. This is also a problem for tillage, but only specifically in April, due to the particularities of the V. aucta lifecycle. Although not terribly common anywhere, across all of Northern Italy it was most common in the Piedmont. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Fallen, C.F. (1817). Syrphici Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 55–62.
2. Kuznetzov, S.Yu. (1993). "The Palaearctic species of the genus Verrallia (Diptera: Pipunculidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 1[1992] (1): 102–116.
3. Fauna Europaea
4. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4
5. Kuznetzov, S. Y. (1992): The Palaearctic species of the genus Verrallia (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 1: 102-116; St. Petersburg.
6. Coe, R.L. (1966) Pipunculidae.Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, Vol. X (Part 2c): 1-83; Royal Entomological Society London. pdf Archived 2020-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
7. Molinatto, Giulia; Demichelis, Stefano; Bodino, Nicola; Giorgini, Massimo; Mori, Nicola; Bosco, Domenico (2020-09-07). "Biology and Prevalence in Northern Italy of Verrallia aucta (Diptera, Pipunculidae), a Parasitoid of Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae), the Main Vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe". Insects . 11 (9). MDPI: 607. doi: 10.3390/insects11090607 . hdl: 2318/1765646 . ISSN   2075-4450. PMC   7564977 . S2CID   221624686.
8. "The spittlebug and the fly". XF-ACTORS . 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

External links

• Images representing Verrallia aucta at BOLD