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Title: Two new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Keywords: Vespas - Espécies
Endoparasitoides
Especificidade do hospedeiro
Vespas hospedeiras
Wasps - Species
Endoparasitoids
Host specificity
Host wasps
Issue Date: Apr-2015
Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Citation: ALVARENGA, T. M. et al. Two new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zoologia, Curitiba, v. 32, n. 2, p. 145-150, Apr. 2015.
Abstract: Emersonella Girault, 1916 is a wasp genus including species that parasitize Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) eggs, mainly Cassidinae. It occurs only in the Americas, and is primarily distributed in the Neotropical Region. In this paper two new species of Emersonella from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil are described and compared to similar species. Emersonella appendigastersp. nov. is characterized by an elongate last gastral tergite in female, thoracic dorsum flat, femora and tibiae yellowish in female, malar sulcus absent, frontal suture slightly down-curved laterally, eyes with scattered hairs, frons and vertex smooth, and propodeum smooth with small anteromedian foveae. Emersonella frieirocostaisp. nov. is characterized by an elongate gaster in the female, at most 1.3 times as long as mesosoma and pointed at apex, propodeum with two large anterolateral foveae, pronotum hardly visible in dorsal view, with posterior part smooth, transverse pronotal carina present and malar sulcus absent. Both species are egg parasitoids of Metriona elatior (Klug, 1820) (Chrysomelidae) which feeds on Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae).
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/13334
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