First Host Record for Acanthaegilips (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Anacharitinae) and Description of a New Species from Venezuela

Authors

  • Noel Mata-Casanova Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal. Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona
  • Jesús Selfa Universitat de Valencia, Facultat de Ciencies Biologiques, Departament de Zoologia Campus de Burjassot-Paterna, Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia)
  • Evelín Arcaya Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado” (UCLA), Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Decanato de Agronomia, Apdo. 400. Barquisimeto
  • Francisco Sosa Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado” (UCLA), Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Decanato de Agronomia, Apdo. 400. Barquisimeto
  • José Tormos Unidad de Zoologia, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Salamanca, 37071, Salamanca
  • Juli Pujade-Villar Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal. Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona

Keywords:

Acanthaegilips, biology, new species, Notiobiella, Venezuela

Abstract

A new Acanthaegilips species from Venezuela is described, i.e., Acanthaegilips notiobiellus sp. nov. Diagnostic characters of the new species and data about its biology, distribution and morphological variability are presented. We report here the first known host of Acanthaegilips as Notiobiella cixiiformis (Gerstaecker, 1888) (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae).

 

En el presente trabajo, se describe una nueva especie de Acanthaegilips de Venezuela. Se dan los caracteres diagnosticos de esta asi como datos sobre su biologia, area de distribucion y variabilidad morfologica. Adicionalmente, se cita el primer hospedador conocido de Acanthaegilips: Notiobiella cixiiformis (Gerstaecker, 1888).

 

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Published

2014-06-20

Issue

Vol. 97, No. 2 (June 2014)

Section

Research Papers

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