Euplectrus alejandrovalerioi (lat.) Is a species of small parasitic riders of the genus Euplectrus from the family Eulophidae ( Chalcidoidea ) of the order Hymenoptera . Parasitoids of butterfly caterpillars. Central America: Costa Rica .
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Description
Length 1.7 mm. Antennae and scapus yellowish white. The scutellum is smooth, the head is shiny. Spurs of hind tibia long, longer than first segment of hind tarsus. Scutellum without longitudinal furrows. Antennas with 6 flagellomeres, including a 2-segmented mace. Head and chest are dark (brownish-black), legs and abdomen are lighter. Group external parasites (ectoparasitoids) of caterpillars of moth moths Iridopsis herse ( Geometridae ) feeding on Cochlospermum vitifolium ( Bixaceae ) plants . They pupate in their silk cocoons next to the host caterpillar eaten. The species was first described in 2015 by the English hymenopterologist Christer Hansson ( The Natural History Museum , London , UK ) and named after Alejandro A. Valerio for his contribution to the study of taxonomy of the Hymenoptera insect order ( Hymenoptera ) [1 ] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Christer Hansson, M. Alex Smith, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs. Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (English) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 485. - P. 1-236. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
- ↑ Roger A. Burks. Euplectrus. Key to the Nearctic genera of Eulophidae
Literature
- Schauff ME, Janzen DH (2001). Taxonomy and ecology of Costa Rican Euplectrus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids of caterpillars. - Journal of Hymenoptera Research 10: 181–230.
Links
- Noyes, JS Euplectrus . Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. . www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids (Version as of June 2012). Date of treatment March 10, 2015.