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Issue: Vol. 1197 No. 1: 8 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1197.1.4
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

The species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) parasitoids of Parides ascanius (Cramer), an endangered Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) from restingas of Southeastern Brazil

Universidade Federal do EspRrito Santo, Departamento de CiLncias Biol\gicas, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, 29.042-090, Vit\ria, ES, Brazil
Universidade Federal do EspRrito Santo, Centro de CiLncias Humanas e Naturais, Programa de P\s-graduaHno em CiLncias Biol\gicas (Zoologia), Av. Marechal Campos 1468, 29.042-090, Vit\ria, ES, Brazil
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Caixa Postal 100.436, 24001-970, Niter\i, RJ, Brazil
Hymenoptera species description host relationship parasitoid guild

Abstract

Four species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) associated with Paride s ascanius (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) are presented. Brachymeri a koehler i Blanchard and B. nigrit ibialis, sp. n., are recorded as hyperparasitoids through Le spesia sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Brachyme ria m nestor (Walker) and Con ura paride s , sp. n., are recorded as primary parasitoids. These are the first records of parasitoid species associated with P. ascanius.

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