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Issue: Vol. 2714 No. 1: 6 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2714.1.2
Page range: 40–58
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new Middle-Eastern species of Foenatopus Smith (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) with a new host record and key to species with two spots on the metasoma

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Eucalipto, Vitória, ES, 29043–900, Brazil
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
University of Catania, CUTGANA, Section of Nature Reserve Management, via Terzora 8, I-95027, San Gregorio di Catania, Catania, Italy
Hymenoptera Hesperophanes parasitoid Iran Turkey

Abstract

Three new species of Middle-Eastern Foenatopus Smith, sensu lato, are described and illustrated: F. hesperophagus Aguiar, sp. nov. from Turkey, and F. prousti Aguiar et Turrisi, sp. nov. and F. crispus Aguiar, sp. nov. from Iran. The last two species represent the first records of Foenatopus from Iran. A key to females and males of stephanid species with two spots on the metasoma is provided, allowing the recognition of the newly described taxa and of F. buprestivorus Benoit and F. turcomanorum (Semenov). A redescription, illustrations and taxonomic discussion are also presented for F. turcomanorum. A new host record for Foenatopus is presented, with F. hesperophagus reared from Hesperophanes griseus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) attacking branches of Ficus carica cv. Calimyrna L.

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