We are looking for an entomologist / taxonomist who is willing to identify this Phytomiptera species (Diptera: Tachinidae) that we encounter in the Bolivian Altiplano.
This Phytomiptera is an endemic parasitoid of Eurysacca quinoae (Gelechiidae). Eurysacca larvae cause damage in quinoa crop cultivation.
Since PROINPA is a Bolivian NGO, we are not able to pay you for this job. But of course the scientific credits if it turns out to be a new species are yours!
(Dead samples send upon request)
Dear Jenneke van Vliet
it look like: Parasitoid Cryptochaetum iceryae (Diptera: Cryptochaetidae)
Regards
Prof. Houda Kawas
Dear Jenneke van Vliet
you can contact with Dr. Ayman Mohi-eldeen,
https://goo.gl/NSwyJc
Dr David K Yates is also well known dipterologist who might be included in ncontact list if necessary. Here is his google scholar/research gate profile
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=lj8WscwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Yeates/citations?sorting=recent&page=5
Dear Houda Kawas,
Could we send you some samples to see if it is indeed from another family than from Tachnicidae? Are there any descriptions from Cryptochaetidae in the Andes region?
Jenneke van Vliet
Dear Hosam Mohamed Khlil Hammam El-Gepaly,
Could you also provide me with an email adress for Dr. Ayman Mohi-aldeen?
thank you!
Dear Jenneke van Vliet
Thank you, you do not have to send samples I'm a Virologist, only interested in knowing the result of classification
Houda
Dear Jenneke van Vliet
email adress for Dr. Ayman Mohi-aldeen:
HI Jenneke, do you still have the samples? There are a few Phytomyptera species reported for South America, Rasmussen et al. (2001) reports Phytomyptera sp. as parasitoid of Eurysacca in Peru. It probably is an undescribed species.
Best.
Juan Manuel
Dear Juan Manuel,
Yes we still have the samples. I contacted David Yeates and James O'Hara about them and he told me that it would be very difficult to get to species indentification "There are about a dozen described species of Phytomyptera in South America and also an unknown number of undescribed species. Even recognizing the described ones is difficult because there is no modern key, original descriptions are not always adequate, and the types are held in several collections."
We know about Rasmussen's article...
If you would like to como to an identification or description of 'our' species, you are of course welcome!
Jenneke
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