Identification of the Egg Parasitoids of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) of Economic Importance in Taiwan: Collaborative Research between Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute and University of California at Riverside Scientists

Abstract

An overview of the three collaborative projects between Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Taiwan, ROC, and University of California at Riverside, USA, scientists is given, as follows: 1) collecting (H.-T. Shih), rearing (S.-H. Huang), and identification (S. V. Triapitsyn) of the egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidae) of rice leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae and Delphacidae) of economic importance in west central Taiwan; 2) rearing (H.-T. Shih) and identification (S. V. Triapitsyn) of the egg parasitoids (Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidae) of the leafhopper Kolla paulula (Walker) (Cicadellidae), vector of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa; and 3) a preliminary study of the biodiversity and taxonomy of Mymaridae in Taiwan (S. V. Triapitsyn) based largely on the specimens in the insect collection of TARI.