New species and records of Afrotropical Campopleginae II. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

The cynipid gall wasp species of Amphibolips (Cynipidae: Cynipini) belonging to the “nassa” complex are reviewed for Mexico and Central America. Five new species are described: A. bassae Cuesta-Porta & Pujade-Villar n. sp., A. bromus Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp., A. kinseyi Cuesta-Porta & Pujade-Villar n. sp., A. rulli Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp., and A. turulli Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta n. sp. Amphibolips quercuspomiformis (Bassett) comb. nov. is redescribed and Amphibolips malinche Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado is proposed as a new synonym of A. hidalgoensis Pujade-Villar & Melika. The validity of A. dampfi is discussed. Diagnostic characters, distribution, host-plant relationships, and biology are provided. Also new diagnostic characters and new distribution data for earlier described species are given. Keys to adults and galls for all known “nassa” complex species from Mexico and Central America are presented.

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A new species of Hexacola Foerster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), parasitoid of Lemnaphila neotropica Lizarralde de Grosso (Diptera: Ephydridae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2622.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2622 (1) ◽

pp. 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ANA L. GADDI ◽

NORMA B. DÍAZ ◽

FABIANA E. GALLARDO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Parasitoid Wasp ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

La Plata ◽

Shore Fly ◽

A New Species

A new parasitoid wasp species, the eucoiline Hexacola lemnaphilae Gaddi & Díaz, is described. Specimens were reared from pupae of Lemnaphila neotropica Lizarralde de Grosso (Diptera: Ephydridae), a shore fly that mines least duckweed, Lemna minuta Kunth (Lemnaceae); the material examined was collected in Berisso (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and is housed in the collection of the División Entomología of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Photographs of diagnostic characters and data about the ecological and economic importance of these organisms are included.

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New species and records of Afrotropical Campopleginae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Folia Entomologica Hungarica ◽

10.17112/foliaenthung.2020.81.105 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 81 ◽

pp. 105-114

Author(s):

Zoltán Vas ◽

Filippo Di Giovanni

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Central African Republic ◽

Wasp Species

Two new Afrotropical ichneumon wasp species are described: Casinaria latericia Vas, sp. n. from Uganda, and Venturia mortifera Vas, sp. n. from Burundi. First records of Charops ater Szépligeti, 1908 from Burundi, Charops electrinus Vas, 2020 from Central African Republic, and Charops juliannae Vas, 2020 from Uganda are reported. With 2 figures.

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First contribution to the doryctine fauna (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) of Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia, with new records and the description of a new species

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.977.56314 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 977 ◽

pp. 41-74

Author(s):

Yusuf A. Edmardash ◽

Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet ◽

Ahmed M. Soliman ◽

Zarrag I. A. Al-Fifi ◽

Neveen S. Gadallah

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

New Species ◽

Arabian Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

Wasp Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The doryctine wasp species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia) are studied here for the first time. Six species are reported, of which Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman is described and illustrated as a new species. Neoheterospilus sp. is most probably a new species but further collecting should be done to obtain the female. Four species are new records for Saudi Arabia as well as for the whole Arabian Peninsula: Dendrosotinus ferrugineus (Marshall, 1888), Hecabalodes anthaxiae Wilkinson, 1929, Mimodoryctes proprius Belokobylskij, 2001, and Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) carinatus Polaszek, 1994. The newly recorded species are re-described and illustrated.

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Two new species of Zatypota (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) sharing the same host spider in Northeast Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4609 (1) ◽

pp. 169

Author(s):

JOBER FERNANDO SOBCZAK ◽

DIEGO GALVÃO DE PÁDUA ◽

GERMAN ANTONIO VILLANUEVA- BONILLA ◽

FRANCISCO AGEU DE SOUSA NÓBREGA ◽

YURI FANCHINI MESSAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Range ◽

Development Time ◽

Larval Instar ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Parasitoid Wasps ◽

Northeast Brazil ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Species Specific

Some polysphinctine wasps of the genus Zatypota complete their life cycles upon theridiid host spiders. The host range of these wasps is usually species-specific, although in some less common associations more than one wasp species interacts with the same host spider. Here we describe and illustrate the polysphinctine wasps Zatypota baezae sp. n. and Zatypota mulunguensis sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), both koinobiont ectoparasitoids of the spider Anelosimus baeza (Theridiidae). The two parasitoid wasps show the same development time (12 days) which was longer when compared with other parasitoid wasps Z. anomala Holmgren and Z. riverai Gauld (nine days). As described for other species of Zatypota and Hymenoepimecis, the second larval instar remains attached to the spider by the remains of the chorion and also by a rigid brownish-semitransparent membrane called a saddle.

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Two new oak gall wasp species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Quercus pontica (Fagaceae) in Turkey

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5016 (3) ◽

pp. 382-394

Author(s):

MUSA AZMAZ ◽

YUSUF KATILMIŞ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Sem Images ◽

Gall Wasp ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Black Sea Region ◽

Asexual Generation ◽

Two New Species ◽

Sexual Generation

Two new species of oak gall wasp, Andricus mammadovi Azmaz & Katılmış sp. n. sexual generation and Cynips fatihi Azmaz & Katılmış sp. n. asexual generation (Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from the eastern Black Sea region in Turkey. These species induce galls on Quercus pontica K.Koch representing the first record of cynipids associated with the natural Q. pontica population in Turkey. SEM images, photos of the host galls, and data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of both new species are provided.

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A new species of Cerroneuroterus Melika & Pujade-Villar from the Eastern Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.4.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4869 (4) ◽

pp. 515-528

Author(s):

JULI PUJADE-VILLAR ◽

YIPING WANG ◽

RUI GUO ◽

ALBA SALA-NISHIKAWA ◽

VICTOR CUESTA-PORTA ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Gall Wasp ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Asexual Generation ◽

Sexual Generation ◽

A New Species

A new gall wasp species, Cerroneuroterus yukawamasudai Pujade-Villar & Melika sp. nov., is described from China. The asexual generation induces leaf lenticular galls, and the sexual generation induces catkin galls on Q. acutissima and Q. variabilis. Sexual females and males are not described yet. Data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of the new species are provided, including a key to sexual and asexual females of all described Cerroneuroterus species. Previous misidentifications of host galls recorded in Japan are commented on. Molecular analyses were performed to assess the validity of the genus Cerroneuroterus and the affiliation of the new species.

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First record of the genus Phanerotomella (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Baltic amber with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4482 (1) ◽

pp. 197

Author(s):

REBECCA N. KITTEL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Fore Wing ◽

Fossil Record ◽

First Record ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

Wing Vein ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Modern Genus ◽

A New Species

A new but exinct chelonine wasp species, Phanerotomella brevivena Kittel sp. nov. (Braconidae: Cheloninae) of the modern genus Phanerotomella is described from Baltic amber. This new species differs from all other extant Phanerotomella species by having the fore wing vein SR-1 only partially sclerotised. This is the first fossil record of the genus in amber.

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Two new species of Rhogadopsis Brèthes (Braconidae: Opiinae) as solitary parasitoids of Merochlorops species complex (Diptera: Chloropidae) from India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4550.2.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4550 (2) ◽

pp. 268

Author(s):

ANKITA GUPTA ◽

CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG ◽

CHANDISH R. BALLAL ◽

NORBERT MACZEY ◽

DJAMI DJEDDOUR ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Species Complex ◽

Biocontrol Agents ◽

Invasive Weed ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Pupal Parasitoids ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

During surveys for the potential biocontrol agents Merochlorops species complex (Diptera: Chloropidae), to control the invasive weed Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl. (Zingiberaceae), two new species of Rhogadopsis Brèthes (Braconidae: Opiinae) viz., R. gratia Gupta & van Achterberg, sp. n. and R. macrusa Gupta & van Achterberg, sp. n. were reared as solitary larval-pupal parasitoids of Merochlorops in the stems of H. gardnerianum. Interestingly, both wasp species have very different ovipositor lengths, in addition to other characters for species delimitation. Perhaps parasitism by the respective wasp species depends on the thickness of the stem harbouring the chloropid larvae. In the present study, both these new species of wasps are described and illustrated, together with notes on their biology. For the first time the genus Rhogadopsis has been found associated with Chloropidae; earlier records concern Agromyzidae.

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Optimising Capture Methods for the Evaluation of Parasitoid Wasp Diversity

10.31237/osf.io/gqpyf ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Thomas Edward Saunders

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Parasitoid Wasp ◽

Parasitoid Wasps ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Optimal Sampling ◽

Wasp Species ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

The Relationship

Parasitoid wasps are mega-diverse, ecologically dominant, but poorly studied components of global biodiversity. Despite their intensive application within pest management as biocontrol agents, little is known about native species. To understand their basic biology they must be collected in sampling programs. However, invertebrate surveys are increasingly subject to funding and time constraints that often preclude complete faunal inventories. In order to maximise the efficiency and reduce the cost of their collection, the application of optimal sampling techniques within a Rapid Biodiversity Assessment framework is proposed. Two sites in the Waitakere Ranges were sampled three times over the summer. An intensive sampling effort of 840 Malaise-trap-days over a three month period was used to determine the relationship between sampling effort and observed species richness. Rarefaction techniques and non-parametric estimators were used to predict true species richness and to evaluate the completeness of sampling. Results show that an intensive Malaise-trapping regime over the summer can capture two-thirds of parasitoid wasp species present. Sampling recommendations are provided to guide optimal usage of Malaise traps for both ecological studies and faunal inventories. Modern taxonomic methods are reviewed and a new species of parasitoid wasp is described, representing the first New Zealand species from the genus Lusius (Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae). Morphological measurements confirm the new species represents a significant range expansion for the genus. Greater collaboration between ecologists and taxonomists is encouraged, in order to make more efficient use of resources, data, and expertise unique to each discipline. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between sampling effort and parasitoid wasp diversity in New Zealand. It shows that very high sampling effort fails to catch all species present. Parasitoid wasps are known to be keystone species that show promise as indicators of environmental quality and as surrogates for the diversity of other taxa. The development of optimal sampling strategies will therefore provide an important foundation for their future study.

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