Descriptions of two new species of Platygaster Latreille that attack gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with notes on their biology (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)

Main Authors: Matsuo, Kazunori, Fujii, Tomohisa, Tokuda, Makoto, Ganaha-Kikumura, Tomoko, Yukawa, Junichi, Yamagishi, Kenzou
Format: Article Journal
Terbitan: Pensoft Publishers , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/1245236
Daftar Isi:
  • Platygaster ingeniosus Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. and P. urniphila Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are described from Japan. The former species is an egg-larval solitary parasitoid of Masakimyia pustulae Yukawa and Sunose (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). The latter species is an egg-larval gregarious parasitoid of Rhopalomyia longitubifex (Shinji) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).