Parasitoid Wasp

Released against Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), in Hawaii, and has become established.

Much of the older biological information on Psyttalia incisi is summarized by Clausen (1978) and Wharton and Gilstrap (1983). See the “Introduced Distribution” section above for more recent publications on this species, especially by Messing and his colleagues.

Indo-Pacific, originally described from India. More recently, specimens have been collected from various Bactrocera spp. in Thailand and Malaysia (Chinajariyawong et al. 2000).

Established in Hawaii.

For additional information, see the Psyttalia page.

This species was originally described as Opius incisi by Silvestri (1916).
Later, Fischer (1987) placed this species in the subgenus Psyttalia. Psyttalia was subsequently elevated to generic rank by Wharton (1987). The combination Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri, 1916) was first used by Wharton (1987).