Author：Serguei Vladimirovich Triapitsyn ^{1, 4}, Hsien-Tzung Shih ^{2, 5}, and Shou-Horng Huang ³

¹ Entomology Research Museum, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
² Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 189 Chung-Cheng Road, Wufeng, Taichung, 41362, Taiwan, ROC
³ Department of Plant Protection, Chiayi Agricultural Experiment Station, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 2 Minquan Road, Chiayi, 60044, Taiwan, ROC
^{4, 5} Corresponding authors, e-mail: serguei.triapitsyn@ucr.edu ; htshih@tari.gov.tw

ABSTRACT

    An overview of the three collaborative projects between Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Taiwan, ROC, and University of California at Riverside, USA, scientists is given, as follows: 1) collecting (H.-T. Shih), rearing (S.-H. Huang), and identification (S. V. Triapitsyn) of the egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidae) of rice leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae and Delphacidae) of economic importance in west central Taiwan; 2) rearing (H.-T. Shih) and identification (S. V. Triapitsyn) of the egg parasitoids (Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidae) of the leafhopper Kolla paulula (Walker) (Cicadellidae), vector of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa; and 3) a preliminary study of the biodiversity and taxonomy of Mymaridae in Taiwan (S. V. Triapitsyn) based largely on the specimens in the insect collection of TARI.

Keywords: rice pests, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Kolla paulula, vector, Mymaridae, Trichogrammatidae, egg parasitoid, biological control, biodiversity, taxonomy, Taiwan

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