EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: GANALU
• Preferred name: Ganaspis lupini
• Authority: Buffington

Ganaspis brasiliensis has been considered a cryptic species complex consisting of five distinct lineages (G1-G5). Ganaspis lupini was formerly recognized as Ganaspis brasiliensis G3, and Ganaspis kimorum as Ganaspis brasiliensis G1. These two new species appear to be restricted to the temperate climates, whereas Ganaspis brasiliensis (formerly recognized as Ganaspis brasiliensis G5) has a more pan-tropical distribution.  

Sosa-Calvo J, Forshage M, Buffington ML (2024) Circumscription of the Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering, 1905) species complex (Hymenoptera, Figitidae), and the description of two new species parasitizing the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, 1931 (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97, 441-470.