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Issue: Vol. 2921 No. 1: 16 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2921.1.4
Page range: 39–46
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

Tetrigimyia minor, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Formosatettix larvatus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) in Japan

Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Biosystematics Laboratory, Graduate School of Social & Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan
Orthoptera taxonomy parasitoid percentage parasitism Blondeliini Tetrigidae

Abstract

A new genus and species of blondeliine tachinid, Tetrigimyia minor gen. et sp. nov., is described from Japan. This is a small oviparous tachinid parasitic on adults and larvae of a pygmy grasshopper, Formosatettix larvatus (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae). A brief biological note on this species is added.

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