Nicholas McDonald

Parasitoid Wasps of Spotted-Wing Drosophila

• Leptopilina japonica
  • Lepto: slender
  • Pili: hair
  • -na: diminutive suffix
  • japonica: Japan
• Ganaspis kimorum
  • Ganos: bright
  • Aspis: shield, (snake)
  • kimorum: portmanteau of Kimura and Kim
• Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae
  • Pachys: thick, stout
  • Crepis: sandal, slipper
  • -oides: “resembling”
  • vindemia: grape-gathering

Parasitoid Wasp of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

• Trissolcus japonicus
  • Tris: three ×
  • Solcus: groove
  • japonicus: Japan