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Eurytomidae, etc ; Guarea; Neotropics; host plants; new species; research; Brazil; Peru; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Kavayva Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, gen. nov., and two species are described from the Neotropics, Kavayva bodoquenensis Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, sp. nov., and Kavayva davidsmithi , Zhang & Gates, sp. nov. Specimens of the new species were collected independently during separate research efforts in Peru and Brazil, reared from the seeds of Guarea F. Allam ex L. (Meliaceae), which represents a new ho ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Guarea; biodiversity; females; holotypes; museums; new genus; new species; research; Brazil; Peru; Show all 11 Subjects
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... In a paper about the description of Kavayva, a new genus of Eurytomidae (Zhang et al. 2021) The indication of repository for the type specimens were missing. We regret this omission, and provide the missing information below. MUSM – Natural History Museum of the San Marcos University, Lima, Peru UFGD – Museum of Biodiversity of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados-MS, Brazil USNM – ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Chalcididae; Nearctic region; Palearctic region; new family; research; Alaska; Denmark; Greenland; Newfoundland and Labrador; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A checklist of 1246 extant, described species, classified in 346 genera in 18 families of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) are reported from Canada, Alaska (USA) and Greenland (Denmark) based on examined specimens and published records up to December 31, 2020. Of the reported species, 1214 (in 345 genera in 18 families) are listed from Canada, 113 (in 58 genera in 10 families) from Alaska, and 26 (in 22 ...
... This study focused on species of Heimbra Cameron, 1909 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae, Heimbrinae), a small genus of chalcid flies poorly represented in entomological collections, from two Brazilian savanna areas in Central Brazil. The surveys were carried out with Malaise, Moericke, light traps and sweep net and lasted from February 2018 to May 2019. Herein we provide new geographical records to H. op ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; geographical distribution; Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Paraguay; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Heimbra bicolor Subba Rao, 1978 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) was previously known in Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, with records in Federal District and Rio Grande do Norte, Minas Gerais, and Santa Catarina states. Here, we newly report this species from the state of São Paulo based on three females collected at Estação Ecológica de Jataí, in the municipality of Luiz Antônio, São Paulo sta ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Cynipidae; new host records; new species; China; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Three new species of Sycophila Walker (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), S. hunanensis sp. nov., S. melanoloma sp. nov. and S. melanopoda sp. nov., are reported and described from mainland China. Meanwhile, Plagiotrochus glaucus Melika & Tang, 2011 (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) is reported as a new host record of the genus Sycophila. A key to Chinese Sycophila and illustrations of external features of the spe ...
... The effects of herbivorous insects on a plant population are not always well tolerated. This is especially true if the herbivorous actions are directed toward rare plant species. Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. is a rare endemism of southern Italy. Observations of the plants in situ revealed that many of them were under severe stress and did not produce seeds. Therefore, to find out which factors aff ...
... Farming systems maintain ecosystem services related to arthropod biodiversity, which need to be understood for its effective conservation. Some of these arthropods may also be enemies of crop pests. It has been shown that farming systems surrounded by other types of natural or semi-natural land covers/uses are less affected by pests. The abundance and richness of hymenopteran parasitoid (HP) famil ...
... Host–parasitoid interactions may have a relevant role not only in ecological processes but also in human procedures such as biological control and the management of invasive species. Although the Drosophila–parasitoid system has been widely used for investigating all aspects of host–parasitoid relationships, it is still poorly understood in tropical areas. Here, we investigate the richness, spatia ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Bethylidae; Braconidae; Cecidomyiidae; Chaoboridae; Encyrtidae; Eucalyptus alba; Eulophidae; Eupelmidae; Fergusoninidae; Mymaridae; Pteromalidae; Torymidae; altitude; data collection; inquilinism; morphospecies; parasitoids; pest control; secondary forests; species diversity; Indonesia; Timor; Show all 23 Subjects
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... Puspasari LT, Buchori D, Ubaidillah R, Triwidodo H, Hidayat P. 2021. Diversity of insect galls associated with Eucalyptus alba & E. urophylla in altitudinal zones in Timor Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2667-2679. We investigated the galling insects associated with two species of Eucalyptus, namely E. alba Reinw. and E. urophylla S.T. Blake in different altitudinal zones in Timor Island, Ind ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Euglossa; Melipona quadrifasciata; agricultural research; captive animals; hosts; life history; oviposition; parasitoids; sex ratio; stingless bees; Brazil; Show all 12 Subjects
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... In the present study, we provide data on the biology of Aximopsis masneri, a parasitoid of Euglossa townsendi. We found a nest of E. townsendi built into a knife sheath, in Viçosa/MG/Brazil. The Euglossa nests are difficult to find and maintain in the laboratory, to solve this problem, we used closed brood cells containing prepupa of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata as hosts. The brood ce ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Aprostocetus; Smilax; leaves; new species; parasitoids; research; Florida; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Aprostocetus smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov., is described from stem and leaf galls on Smilax havanensis Jacq. in southern Florida, USA. It is the third species of Aprostocetus Westwood known to induce plant galls. Two parasitoids of A. smilax are also described: Phylloxeroxenus smilax Gates & Zhang sp. nov. and Sycophila smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov. We conclude that A. smilax is the true gall in ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Apiaceae; holotypes; new species; taxonomic keys; trophic relationships; Iran; Ukraine; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Systole irana sp. n. and S. dzintari sp. n. are described from Iran. Systole complanata Zerova is recorded from Iran for the first time. These three Systole species belong to the subgenus Systole (Systole). The species of this subgenus have trophic associations with plants of family Apiaceae. An identification key to species of Systole from Iran is given. Holotype and paratypes of new species are ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Acacia; Bruchidius; Caryedon; Eulophidae; Eupelmus; Oryzaephilus mercator; Pteromalidae; Tenebrionidae; legumes; markets; parasitoids; polypropylenes; population dynamics; trees; vegetation; weight loss; Burkina Faso; Show all 18 Subjects
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... We investigated the diversity and the population dynamics of insects attacking seed stocks of Acacia macrostachya, an indigenous legume tree whose seeds constitute an important food source for rural and urban populations in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, six thousand four hundred and two seeds were collected from newly harvested dry pods in spontaneous vegetation around the research station of Sa ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Braconidae; Eucoilidae; Eulophidae; Figitidae; Halticoptera; Melanagromyza sojae; new species; parasitic wasps; soybeans; surveys; India; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Field surveys were carried out in Pune area of Maharashtra state in India during June–September of 2014 and 2015 to determine the parasitoid species associated with stem fly Melanagromyza sojae Zehntner infesting soybean. Ten species of parasitoid wasps emerged from the collected materials and included six species of Pteromlaidae, and one species each from the families Eurytomidae, Figitidae (= Eu ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Cordia africana; crushing; forest trees; imagos; larvae; parasites; riparian areas; stone fruits; wasps; Ethiopia; West Asia; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Cordia africana is a highly-valued timber tree species that is quite dominant in riparian habitat, native to several countries in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly propagated by pyrene, which is found to be attacked by an unidentified seed borer insect. The main objective of this study was to investigate the cause of pyrene deterioration of C. africana in Ethiopia. Drupes were collect ...
... A survey of the native parasitoid community was conducted to characterize its possible use as biological control for Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp (ACGW) at two sampling sites in northern Spain. To this end, 500 ACGW galls were collected over five sampling dates between May and July 2017; 250 of them were dissected to estimate the parasitism rates and the remaining 250 galls were placed in emerging rea ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Araneidae; Pediobius; body size; coasts; eggs; females; holotypes; males; parasitism; predation; spiders; wasps; Caribbean; Spain; Show all 15 Subjects
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... We report the discovery of two wasp species emerging from egg sacs of the spider Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål 1775) collected from mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. We identify one as Philolema palanichamyi (Narendran 1984) (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) and the other as a member of the Pediobius pyrgo (Walker 1839) species group (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae). This is the first report of Philolema i ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Latrodectus mactans; eggs; natural enemies; natural history; predation; wasps; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Aspects of the natural history of the black widow spider Latrodectus thoracicus (Nicolet, 1849) are poorly known. The first observation of predation on L. thoracicus egg sacs is presented here, and we describe the predatory wasp (Philolema sp.) as a natural enemy for this species. ...
Eurytomidae, etc ; Agaonidae; Eulophidae; Pteromalidae; Torymidae; Trichogrammatidae; acrosome; centrioles; chromatin; flagellum; microtubules; mitochondria; parasitoids; sperm quality; transmission electron microscopy; Show all 15 Subjects
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... The sperm morphology of the parasitoid Elasmus polistis (Eulophidae) has been investigated with light and transmission electron microscopy. The sperm were filiform and spiraled, with 165.6 (± 4.6) μm in length, and showed a distinctive head, formed by a one-layered small acrosome and a nucleus, and a flagellar region. An extracellular sheath from which many long filaments radiated out covered the ...