Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in the Mountain Localities of Miquihuana and Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with Description of a New Species of Encarsia

Authors

  • Svetlana N. Myartsena
  • Enrique Ruiz-Cancino
  • Juana Maria Coronado-Blanco

Keywords:

Aphelinidae, Encarsia santaelenae sp. nov.

Abstract

Twenty species of parasitoid wasps of the family Aphelinidae were collected in mountain localities of the municipalities of Miquihuana and Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. This is compared with the fauna of Aphelinidae present in the urban area of Ciudad Victoria. A new species, Encarsia santaelenae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), collected in Rancho Santa Elena, Victoria, is described and illustrated.

 

Se han colectado 20 especies de avispas parasíticas de la familia Aphelinidae en localidades de montaña de los municipios de Miquihuana y Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. Se compara con la fauna de Aphelinidae presente en la zona urbana de Ciudad Victoria. Se describe Encarsia santaelenae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), especie obtenida en el Rancho Santa Elena, Victoria, con ilustraciones de las partes morfológicas diagnósticas.

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Published

2013-09-25

Issue

Vol. 96, No. 2 (June 2013)

Section

Research Papers

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