La. Mound et al., THE INSECT FAUNA OF SELAGINELLA (PTERIDOPHYTA, LYCOPSIDA), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 3 NEW SPECIES, Journal of Natural History, 28(6), 1994, pp. 1403-1415
Sixteen species from the following six orders of insects have been rec
orded as breeding on pteridophytes of the Lycopsida: Homoptera, Thysan
optera, Mecoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. All but one o
f these is from Selaginella, the exception being a pyralid moth from L
ycopodium in Hawaii. Three new species are described from Selaginella
eurynota in Costa Rica: Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin sp. nov. (Hom
optera, Aleyrodidae), Encarsia sueloderi Polaszek sp. nov. (Hymenopter
a, Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid which was reared from the whitefly, and
Echinothrips selaginellae Mound sp. nov. (Thysanoptera, Thripidae).