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Eucharitid Parasitism of the Neotropical Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum : Parasitoid Co‐occurrence, Seasonal Variation, and Multiparasitism 1
Author(s) -
PérezLachaud Gabriela,
LópezMéndez José Antonio,
Lachaud JeanPaul
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00169.x
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , parasitoid , biology , parasitism , ecology , population , host (biology) , demography , sociology
Multiparasitism is reported for the first time in Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Dilocantha lachaudii , Isomerala coronata , and Kapala sp. were found simultaneously attacking the same population of Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) in southern Mexico. Adults of D. lachaudii and I. coronata completed development on the same individual host on three occasions. The genus Kapala is reported for the first time as a parasitoid of E. tuberculatum , and I. coronata is reported in Mexico for the first time.