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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 2: 8 Sept. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.10
Page range: 293–300
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

The microlepidopterous natural enemy Brachymeria subrugosa Blanchard, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae): identity, hosts and geographic distribution

División Entomología - Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n. CP 1900. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Depto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brasil
Estación Experimental de Cultivos Tropicales Yuto, INTA. RN N° 34 Km 1286 (4518), Yuto, Jujuy, Argentina
Laboratorio de Zoología Agrícola. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNJU, Jujuy, Argentina
Laboratorio de Zoología Agrícola. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNJU, Jujuy, Argentina
Hymenoptera parasitoid Chalcidoidea Lepidoptera

Abstract

A lectotype is designated for Brachymeria subrugosa Blanchard 1942 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae). The species is diagnosed, redescribed, and compared to B. subconica Bouček, both of which are illustrated by macrophotography. Taxonomic notes, new parasitoid/host associations and new geographical records are also given for B. subrugosa. Brachymeria annulipes (Costa Lima 1919), a junior secondary homonymy of Chalcis annulipes Walker 1834, is proposed as a junior synonym of B. subrugosa syn. nov.