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New species of Allorhogas Gahan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from galls on Lycium cestroides Schltdl. (Solanaceae) in Argentina
Author(s) -
MARTÍNEZ Juan José,
ALTAMIRANO Alejandra,
SALVO Adriana
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00453.x
Subject(s) - braconidae , biology , hymenoptera , ovipositor , botany , solanaceae , genus , subfamily , parasitoid , biochemistry , gene
Allorhogas cordobensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) is described from the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Its representatives can be distinguished from all other known species of the genus by the unusual morphology of the ovipositor tip and the expanded clypeus apically. Remarkably, this species is also characterized by having a tridentate mandible, a feature known only in exodont braconids, mostly of the subfamily Alysiinae. The new species was reared from stem galls on Lycium cestroides , which constitutes the second record of an Allorhogas species associated with galls on representatives of the plant family Solanaceae.