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Issue: Vol. 1871 No. 1: 8 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1871.1.2
Page range: 56–62
Abstract views: 43
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Biology and description of a new species of Lophyrocera Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Argentina

CRILAR-CONICET, Entre Ríos y Mendoza, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina
Department of Entomology; University of California, Riverside, CA 92521; California, USA
CRILAR-CONICET, Entre Ríos y Mendoza, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina
Hymenoptera eggs planidia host ant host plant Lophyrocera

Abstract

Descriptions of the adults, eggs and planidia of a new species of Lophyrocera (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from north-western Argentina (Tucumán) are provided. Females deposit their eggs into the fruits of the shrub Vassobia breviflora (Sendth) (Solanaceae). The host of L. variabilis is an unidentified species of Camponotus Mayr (Formicidae: Formicinae).

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