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A survey for potential biological control agents of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae) in Brazil reveals two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae)

Pikart, Tiago G ; Costa, Valmir A ; Hansson, Christer LU ; De Cristo, Sandra C. and Vitorino, Marcelo D. (2017) In Zootaxa 4272(3). p.430-438
Abstract

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.

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Entedoninae, Natural Enemy, Parasitoid
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Zootaxa
volume
4272
issue
3
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9 pages
publisher
Magnolia Press
external identifiers
  • wos:000402186200008
  • pmid:28610286
  • scopus:85019743760
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1175-5326
DOI
10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.8
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English
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  author       = {{Pikart, Tiago G and Costa, Valmir A and Hansson, Christer and De Cristo, Sandra C. and Vitorino, Marcelo D.}},
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  pages        = {{430--438}},
  publisher    = {{Magnolia Press}},
  series       = {{Zootaxa}},
  title        = {{A survey for potential biological control agents of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae) in Brazil reveals two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.8}},
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