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Dicyphus geniculatus (Fieber) (Heteroptera Miridae) is a Mediterranean mirid that has been observed in public green areas in towns of eastern and western provinces of Spain feeding on whiteflies and thrips on Dianthus caryophyllus L. carnations. In this article, the relative importance of feeding behaviour with respect to the duration of nymphal development and nymphal survival, as well as reproduction, was investigated. Nymphs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) and carnation plants introduced into a 50 × 50 × 50 cm methacrylate box, together with adults mirids, in a climate-controlled chamber (25 ± 1 °C, 60 ± 5% HR, 16:8 h L:D photoperiod) were used to analyse feeding behaviour. In particular, data on realised fecundity, sex ratio and adult longevity were analysed. Realised fecundity differed significantly with respect to prey availability (F1, 267 = 44504.92; p ≤ 0.001). The sex ratio did not differ from 1(♂♂):2(♀♀+♂♂) with respect to feeding regimes [“with B. tabaci prey” (37/53+37 = 0.41), χ2 = 1.434, df 1, p = 0.231, “with F. occidentalis prey” (42/50+42 = 0.46), χ2 = 0.200, df 1, p = 0.655] or prey type (B. tabaci or F. occidentalis, χ2 = 0.564, df 1, p = 0.453). Adult longevity differed significantly in terms of prey availability (F2, 534 = 58.89, p ≤ 0.001) and longevity differed for each sex within each feeding regime (F1, 534 = 14.13; p ≤ 0.001). D. geniculatus can survive on a host plant diet exclusively but could not complete its development in the absence of supplemental prey food, indicating that D. geniculatus requires an animal component in its diet. Other zoophytophagous dicyphines are successfully used as beneficials in integrated pest management in horticultural crops. Thus, D. geniculatus has a potential role in the biological control of carnation pests, and therefore may be a promising pest biological control agent, thus contributing to urban area sustainability.

Synaldis babiyana FISCHER 1973 D i a g n o s i s Length: 2.7 mm. Head widened behind eyes; antennae with 25-26 antennomeres, most of them nearly twice as long as wide. Mesoscutum with dorsal pit; posterior costal sulcus of mesopleuron clearly differentiated or punctate. Propodeum with many wrinkles. Wing membrane brown. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Austria, Hungary, Spain (Guadalajara: Anguita, 1.VIII.1995, 1)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1462, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Phaenocarpa fidelis FISCHER 1970 D i a g n o s i s Length: 2.0 mm. Head not widened behind eyes; mandibles without differentiated cleft between teeth 1 and 2. Notauli not reaching posterior fovea; lateral fields of scutellar sulcus as long as wide. R almost reaching apex of wing; d slightly shorter than nr. T1 twice as long as posterior width, its sides almost parallel; Ovipositor sheaths as long as posterior tibia. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Austria, Georgia, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Switzerland, Spain (Burgos: Bugedo (UTM: 30 T 50472), 10.VIII.1985, 1)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1460, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Aspilota variabilis TOBIAS 1962 D i a g n o s i s length: 1.5 mm. Mandible along mid-line 1.7 to 2 times longer than apical width, tooth 1 developed normally, sometimes smaller than tooth 3. Prothorax dark; Mesoscutellum without dorsal pit; sternaulus reaching anterior edge, posterior mesopleural sulcus crenellate; propodeum with broad pentagonal areola, rough. r2 maximally 1.7 times longer than cc1. T1 at least twice as long as apical width. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Former Czechoslovakia, Korea, Poland, Russia, Spain (Soria: Medinaceli (UTM: 30 T 55456), 10.VII.1984, 1)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Genus Dinotrema FOERSTER 1862 Type species: Dinotrema erythropa FOERSTER 1862. D i a g n o s i s: Mandibles small, simple, tridentate. Anterior tentorial pits reduced, not reaching ventral edge of eyes. st reduced, linear, ccl generally present, absent in some species, shorter than r2; m-cu clearly postfurcal. Ovipositor sheaths setose. H o s t s: Anthomyiidae, Phoridae, Platypezidae. New citations for the Spanish fauna, Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1455, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502, {"references":["FOERSTER A. (1862): Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen. - Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. & Westphalens 19: 225 - 288."]}

Synaldis lacessiva FISCHER 1975 D i a g n o s i s Length: 1.5 mm. Eyes glabrous; antennae with 15-17 antennomeres barely longer than wide (flagellomere 1 1.5 times longer than wide), shorter than body; mandibles as long as wide or only slightly longer; paraclypeal fields not reaching edges of eyes. Mesosoma 1.3 times longer than high; lateral fields of prescutellar sulcus smooth; central and posterior coxae dark; posterior femur three times as long as wide, dark. Mesoscutum with dorsal pit. Propodeum uniformly convex, completely smooth and shiny. T1 dark. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Austria, Canary Islands, Madeira Islands, Spain (Soria: Medinaceli, 2.IX.2000, 7)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1463, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Phaenocarpa carinthiaca FISCHER 1975 D i a g n o s i s:Length: 4.5mm.Headnotwidenedbehindeyes,face without vertical sulci, arched and crenellate, closed to edges of eyes; mandibles without differentiated cleft between teeth 1 and 2. Lateral fields of scutellar sulcus as long as wide. R almost reaching wing apex; nr interstitial; nv scarcely postfurcal. Ovipositor sheaths shorter than body, 1.5 times longer than posterior tibia. Palpi and legs yellow. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Austria, China, Germany, Georgia, Spain (Burgos: Suzana (UTM: 30 T 50473), 10.VIII.1996, 1, from puparia of Delia antiqua (MEIGEN 1826))., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on pages 1459-1460, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Aspilota anaphoretica FISCHER 1973 D i a g n o s i s Length: 1.8 mm. Head twice as broad as long, not widened behind eyes; antennae (: 17 antennomeres,: 19); eyes as long as temples; tooth 1 developed normally, tooth 3 lobe-shaped. Sternaulus crenellate, reaching anterior edge. r2 more than twice as long as cc1; d longer than nr. Ovipositor sheaths 1.5 times longer than T1. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Austria, Greece, Hungary, Korea, Spain (Soria: Gormaz (UTM: 30 T 50459), 11.8.1977, 2, 6)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1451, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

Synaldis armenica FISCHER 1993 D i a g n o s i s:Length: 1.2mm.Headwidenedbehindeyes;eyesaslong as temples; flagellomeres at least twice as long as wide; mandibles as long as wide or only slightly longer; paraclypeal fields not reaching edge of eyes. Notauli well differentiated on anterior part; dorsal pit of mesoscutum not very differentiated; lateral fields of prescutellar sulcus wider than long, striated inside; propodeum black, uniformly convex, completely smooth and shiny; its lateral furrows crenellate; legs yellow. G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Armenia, Mongolia, Spain (Guadalajara: Alustante, 5.IX.2002, 4, 3)., Published as part of Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), pp. 1449-1466 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2) on page 1461, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5431502

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