TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey for potential biological control agents of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae) in Brazil reveals two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera
T2 - Eulophidae)
AU - Pikart, Tiago G
AU - Costa, Valmir A
AU - Hansson, Christer
AU - De Cristo, Sandra C.
AU - Vitorino, Marcelo D.
PY - 2017/5/30
Y1 - 2017/5/30
N2 - This paper deals with the description of two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Brazil, parasitoids of larvae of Adetus analis (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Both species are similar to Horismenus steirastomae (Girault), a species that also parasitizes cerambycids. Adetus analis is a pest of Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (Cucurbitaceae), a minor crop in Brazil, Argentina and U.S.A., but also feeds in stems of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cac-Taceae), an ornamental plant that has become a problematic weed species in Africa, where it was introduced. The two new Horismenus species are described, diagnosed, and compared to H. steirastomae.
AB - This paper deals with the description of two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Brazil, parasitoids of larvae of Adetus analis (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Both species are similar to Horismenus steirastomae (Girault), a species that also parasitizes cerambycids. Adetus analis is a pest of Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz (Cucurbitaceae), a minor crop in Brazil, Argentina and U.S.A., but also feeds in stems of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cac-Taceae), an ornamental plant that has become a problematic weed species in Africa, where it was introduced. The two new Horismenus species are described, diagnosed, and compared to H. steirastomae.
KW - Entedoninae
KW - Natural Enemy
KW - Parasitoid
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019743760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.8
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28610286
AN - SCOPUS:85019743760
VL - 4272
SP - 430
EP - 438
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5334
IS - 3
ER -