Cotesia invirae, sp. nov., from South Brazil: a new gregarious microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from Opsiphanes invirae (Nymphalidae) feeding on palms | Zendy

Geraldo Salgado-Neto | Zendy; James B. Whitfield | Zendy; Flávio Roberto Mello García | Zendy

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Cotesia invirae, sp. nov., from South Brazil: a new gregarious microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from Opsiphanes invirae (Nymphalidae) feeding on palms

Author(s) -

Geraldo Salgado-Neto,

James B. Whitfield,

Flávio Roberto Mello García

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

revista brasileira de entomologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1806-9665

pISSN - 0085-5626

DOI - 10.1016/j.rbe.2019.02.003

Subject(s) - nymphalidae , biology , braconidae , lepidoptera genitalia , hymenoptera , botany , taxonomy (biology) , parasitoid

A new species of microgastrine wasp, Cotesia invirae Salgado-Neto & Whitfield, sp. nov., is described from southern Brazil in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. This species is a koinobiont gregarious larval endoparasitoid and spins a common mass of cocoons underneath the host caterpillars of Opsiphanes invirae (Huebner, 1818) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), feeding on the palm trees Syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc.; Livistona chinensis (N.J. Jacquim) R. Brown; Roystonea regia (HBK) O.F. Cook; Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Wendland & Drude (Palmaceae). Morphological, molecular, biological, ecological and geographical data are integrated to describe the new species.

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