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Issue: Vol. 607 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.607.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 21

A new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid on weevil eggs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Costa Rica

Department of COB, Zoology, Helgonavägen 3, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado en Biología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
Hymenoptera Camptocheirus Cinnamomum cinnamomifolium Curculionidae Emersonella Eulophidae Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

Emersonella curculiovora sp.nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is described from the Central Valley in Costa Rica. The species is diagnosed and compared to other species in the genus. It was reared from eggs of an undescribed species of Camptocheirus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from stems of Cinnamomum cinnamomifolium (Lauraceae). The parasitoid is mainly solitary, but occasionally two individuals emerge from each host.

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