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Issue: Vol. 3986 No. 3: 17 Jul. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-07-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.7
Page range: 387–392
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Telenomus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) egg parasitoid of Parides ascanius (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), a threatened species from Brazil

Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense. CP 100.436, CEP 24.020-971, Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina.
División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. Cátedra Zoología Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 119. 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. CP 68020, CEP 21.941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Platygastrid natural enemy lepidopteran Neotropical

Abstract

Telenomus parides Loiácono et Margaría sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on specimens reared from the eggs of Parides ascanius (Cramer). Parides ascanius is a threatened papilionid, which is endemic to the restingas of the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new Telenomus species is gregarious endoparasitoid and belongs to the Telenomus californicus species complex.