Ophelimus maskelli(OPHEMA)
Distribution details in Algeria
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2008
From CABI Pest map 757 (2023): Present, no details
First recorded in: 2008
From CABI Pest map 757 (2023): Present, no details
First galls were observed in 2008 in Béjaïa, but it is considered that the pest was probably introduced earlier. Then also in Biskra.
* Adel-Sellami, M., Sellami, M. & Benrima, A. (2025) Variations in Ophelimus maskelli (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) population density and infestation on Eucalyptus and the impact of its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Algeria. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 59 (2), 121–132.https://doi.org/10.1556/038.2024.00214
------- high incidence in in two different forests in the region of Oued Smar (Algiers).
* Caleca V (2010) First record in Algeria of two eulophid wasps: Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault) and its host, the eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera Eulophidae) Naturalista siciliano, S.IV, XXXIV (1-2), 201-206.
------- First record.
* Djouama, K, Marniche F, Doumandji–Mitiche B, Doumandji SE (2018) Contribution to the knowledge of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Biskra, Algeria. Arxius de Miscellània Zoològica 16, 221–242. https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2018.16.0221
------- Biskra.
------- high incidence in in two different forests in the region of Oued Smar (Algiers).
* Caleca V (2010) First record in Algeria of two eulophid wasps: Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault) and its host, the eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera Eulophidae) Naturalista siciliano, S.IV, XXXIV (1-2), 201-206.
------- First record.
* Djouama, K, Marniche F, Doumandji–Mitiche B, Doumandji SE (2018) Contribution to the knowledge of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Biskra, Algeria. Arxius de Miscellània Zoològica 16, 221–242. https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2018.16.0221
------- Biskra.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | Present, widespread | ||
| Tunisia | Present, no details |