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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 2: 26 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.2.4
Page range: 157-168
Abstract views: 162
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First record of Halictoxenos Pierce (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) from Mexico with the description of a new species parasite of Lasioglossum exiguum (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Red de Ecología Funcional; Instituto de Ecología AC; Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351; El Haya; 91073 Xalapa; Veracruz; México
Red de Ecología Funcional; Instituto de Ecología AC; Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351; El Haya; 91073 Xalapa; Veracruz; México
Hymenoptera Bees Veracruz Endoparasitism Stylopidia

Abstract

Halictoxenos is a genus of parasites with a mainly holarctic distribution and exclusive parasite of bees of the Halictinae subfamily. In this work, we describe a new species from Mexico, parasite of the halictid Lasioglossum exiguum and with a known distribution in locations of central and southern Veracruz. The delimitation of this species is supported by morphological and molecular evidence. A diagnosis for Halictoxenos and certain characters for species delimitation is also proposed. It is expected that this research may be a steppingstone to the continuity of the study of Halictoxenos and the Stylopidae family in Mexico and the American continent.

 

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