A NEW SPECIES OF ERIXESTUS (HYMENOPTERA, PTEROMALIDAE) FROM HONDURAS

Authors
CAVE RD GRISSELL EE
Citation
Rd. Cave et Ee. Grissell, A NEW SPECIES OF ERIXESTUS (HYMENOPTERA, PTEROMALIDAE) FROM HONDURAS, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 96(3), 1994, pp. 561-565
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138797
Volume
96
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
561 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(1994)96:3<561:ANSOE(>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Erixestus zygogrammae Cave and Grissell, n. sp., is described from Hon duras. This species is an endoparasitoid of the egg stage of Zygogramm a magica Stal (Chrysomelidae), an herbivore of Tithonia tubaeiformis ( Jacquin) Cassini (Asteraceae). Erixestus zygogrammae is compared with the known species of the genus: E. pachyneuron Grissell and De Santis and E. winnemana Crawford.