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Issue: Vol. 2237 No. 1: 22 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2237.1.3
Page range: 43–58
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Entedoninae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with gall-inducing insects (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Panama

Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Panama, Ciudad de Panama Corresponding author, present address: Compañía Azucarera Salvadoreña, S.A. de C.V., Central Izalco Km 62½ Carretera a Sonsonate, Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador, C.A
Department of Zoology, Helgonavägen 3, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Panama, Ciudad de Panama
Hymenoptera Parasitoids Omphale genus group gall-inducing Cecidomyiidae host-parasitoid relationship canopy

Abstract

A new species of Ametallon Ashmead, A. carinatum sp. n. and five new species of Chrysonotomyia Ashmead, C. dussiae sp. n., C. longicaudata sp. n., C. machaeriae sp. n., C. unimaculata sp. n. and C. claviger sp. n. (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are described from Panama. New host associations are recorded for Ametallon gorgonaense Hansson, Chrysonotomyia auripunctata (Ashmead), Chrysonotomyia galbina Hansson, Chrysonotomyia laeviscuta Hansson, Chrysonotomyia phenacapsia Yoshimoto and Tropicharis cecivora Hansson. All these species belong to the Omphale genus group, and were reared from galls collected in the canopy and understorey of two tropical forests in Panama.

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