Correction to ‘Hymenopteran parasitoids of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)) in Australia, with the description of five new species in the families Braconidae and Eulophidae’

Abstract

Fagan-Jeffries, E.P., Miles, M.M., Atkin-Zaldivar, T.-C.C., Howe, A.G., Subramaniam, S., Chambers, D.M., Tadle, F.P.J., Adnan, S.M., Sivasubramaniam, V., Woodward, A. (2024) Hymenopteran parasitoids of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)) in Australia, with the description of five new species in the families Braconidae and Eulophidae. Austral Entomology, 63(2), 136–174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12682

There were some inaccurate methods given for the rearing of parasitoids from S. frugiperda in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in the original version of this manuscript. After publication, it also came to the attention of the lead author that two researchers involved in the collection of parasitoids in those states were not included on the author list, and that is also corrected in this corrigendum. A more accurate reporting of the collection and rearing methods are as follows.

S. frugiperda egg masses and larvae were collected from commercial crops, volunteer and cover crops and field trials in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory during several discrete time periods between January 2020 and April 2023 and reared in the laboratory. Typically, S. frugiperda material was collected without evidence of parasitism, and it was retained in the laboratory until either parasitoid emergence or S. frugiperda moth emergence. Specimens of any emergent adult parasitoids were provided for taxonomic examination dry or in 70% ethanol or collected live into 96% ethanol and stored at −18°C for molecular diagnostics.