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Issue: Vol. 1162 No. 1: 30 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1162.1.4
Page range: 45–52
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Baeus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from Southeastern Brazil parasitoids of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
Departamento de Zoologia, IB, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Hymenoptera Baeus parasitoids spiders egg sacs Anelosimus

Abstract

Two new species, Baeus anelosimus sp. nov. and Baeus jabaquara sp. nov., are described and illustrated from specimens reared from eggs of the subsocial spider species Anelosimus studiosus and A. jabaquara respectively. They mainly differentiate based on habitus, body color, pilosity, antennal morphology, and wing venation. An identification key is provided.

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