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Verrallia aucta

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Short description: Species of insect

Verrallia aucta
Verrallia aucta Netherlands
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Verrallia aucta
(Fallen 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalops aucta Fallen 1817
  • Verrallia helvetica Kuznetzov, 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
  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 (MDPI) 11 (9): 607. doi:10.3390/insects11090607. ISSN 2075-4450. 
  8. ↑ "The spittlebug and the fly". 2020-11-25. http://www.xfactorsproject.eu/press_review/the-spittlebug-and-the-fly/. 

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