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Issue: Vol. 2921 No. 1: 16 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2921.1.3
Page range: 28–38
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Monitoriella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species

Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, Km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rod. Washington Luís, Km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais. Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. Washington Luís, Km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Hymenoptera Atlantic Forest gall-inducer new species key

Abstract

Monitoriella Hedqvist is a phytophagous, gall-inducer Braconidae genus, known only from the New World. Its placement in a higher taxonomic level has been uncertain until recent phylogenetic investigations on cyclostome braconids, which reinforce its position in Doryctinae. Three new species of Monitoriella are described: M. costalimai sp. nov., M. spinata sp. nov., and M. ubatuba sp. nov., all from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Monitoriella anthurii is redescribed and illustrated. A key to all known species is provided.

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