A NEW SPECIES OF LYDELLA (DIPTERA, TACHINIDAE) FROM MEXICO WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE DEFINITION OF THE GENUS

Authors
WOODLEY NE
Citation
Ne. Woodley, A NEW SPECIES OF LYDELLA (DIPTERA, TACHINIDAE) FROM MEXICO WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE DEFINITION OF THE GENUS, Bulletin of entomological research, 84(1), 1994, pp. 131-136
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Bulletin of entomological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00074853
Volume
84
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
131 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-4853(1994)84:1<131:ANSOL(>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Following the discovery of Lydella jalisco sp. n. (from jalisco, Mexic o), a parasite of the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepi doptera: Pyralidae), the limits of the genus Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy have been widened to include Diatraeophaga Townsend syn. n., Metoposi syrops Townsend syn. n., and Metagonistylum Townsend syn. n. All speci es regarded as belonging to Lydella are listed, with L. minense (Towns end) comb. n., L. oryzae (Townsend) comb. n., L. scirpophagae (Chao & Shi) comb. n., L. sesamiae (Mesnil) comb. n., and L. striatalis (Towns end) comb. n.