A NEW SPECIES OF MEGASTIGMUS DALMAN (HYMENOPTERA, TORYMIDAE) REARED FROM SEEDS OF ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR (CUPRESSACEAE), WITH NOTES ON INFESTATION RATES

Authors
TURGEON JJ KAMIJO K DEBARR G
Citation
Jj. Turgeon et al., A NEW SPECIES OF MEGASTIGMUS DALMAN (HYMENOPTERA, TORYMIDAE) REARED FROM SEEDS OF ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR (CUPRESSACEAE), WITH NOTES ON INFESTATION RATES, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 99(4), 1997, pp. 608-613
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138797
Volume
99
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
608 - 613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(1997)99:4<608:ANSOMD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A new species, Megastigmus thyoides Kamijo (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), w hich emerged from seeds of Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoide s (L.) B.S.P., collected in eastern United States is described and ill ustrated. This is the first record of this genus exploiting seeds of C upressaceae in the Nearctic region. An average of 7% of the seeds coll ected from five sites in North Carolina were infested with this seed c halcid.