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Horismenus species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in a bruchid beetle parasitoid guild, including the description of a new species

Lund University, Department of COB, Zoology, Helgonavägen 3, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de Zoologie, LEAE, 11 rue Emile-Argand, case postale 2, CH-2007 Neuchâtel
Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de Zoologie, LEAE, 11 rue Emile-Argand, case postale 2, CH-2007 Neuchâtel
Hymenoptera Horismenus Eulophidae Acanthoscelides Bruchidae species description revision Phaseolus

Abstract

Four species of Horismenus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with Acanthoscelides spp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), three of which are also associated with Phaseolus spp., are treated. One of the species, H. butcheri, is described as new and the remaining three species are redescribed. All four species are diagnosed in a key. A lectotype is designated for Holcopelte productus Ashmead.

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