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Bracon QQFiji

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General Information

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (starting Sept. 2002 on RR & AK), Naturalised; S.Group only (RR and AK?); Land, lowlands and inland

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Biocontrol

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	-	-	-		P?	-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Hosts
Parasitoid (biocontrol) of caterpillars	Agonoxena argaula,

Scientific Taxonomy

Bracon QQFiji
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Parasitica; Ichneumonoidea; BRACONIDAE

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Biocontrol. Comments: Specifically parasitize the caterillar of the Coconut Flat-moth. Introduced from Fiji to Rarotonga by Ministry of Agriculture Sept 2002, with several consignments during 2003 for Rarotonga and Aitutaki. [Poeschko, Sept.2003, MoA]

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: HATCHED from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 report (see references) as Bracon sp. with mention of introduction of 74 wasps (Sept. 2002 - Feb. 2005); also see MoA report in CI News 18/9/2002, quoting Maja Poeschko on initial release; for details of numbers released see Poeschko MoA report 9/2003; Mangaia: ABSENT from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 report (see references) as Bracon sp. Atiu: ABSENT from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 report (see references) as Bracon sp. Mauke: ABSENT from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 report (see references) as Bracon sp. Aitutaki: ABSENT from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 report (see references) as Bracon sp. but Coconut Flat-Moths also rare; Poeschko 9/2003 for 6 releases from Fiji from May - August 2003 of 150 wasps and this total is repeated in report of 2/2005. Palmerston: ABSENT from Coconut Flat-Moth caterpillars in M.Poeschko 2/2005 (see references) as Bracon sp.

References:
Special Reference: CI News, 18/9/2002, about introduction to Rarotonga; M.Poeschko, Sept. 2003, MoA report "Biological Control Programme of the Coconut Flat Moth Agonoxena argaula in the Cook Islands - Summary Report."; M.Poeschko, Feb.2005, MoA report "Biological Control Programme of the Coconut Flat Moth Agonoxena argaula in the Cook Islands - Summary Report."

Data Update History (information):
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Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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