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New gall-associated species of Allorhogas (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), including a natural enemy of the weed Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón ,
Juan José Martínez ,
Paul E. Hanson ,
Cristina Mayorga-Martínez ,
Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos  and
Lucas D.B. Faria
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón*
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er. Circuito exterior s/n Cd. Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A. P. 70-233, C.P 04510, Ciudad de México, México
Juan José Martínez
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Uruguay 151, L6300CLB, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Paul E. Hanson
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
Cristina Mayorga-Martínez
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er. Circuito exterior s/n Cd. Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A. P. 70-233, C.P 04510, Ciudad de México, México
Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er. Circuito exterior s/n Cd. Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A. P. 70-233, C.P 04510, Ciudad de México, México
Lucas D.B. Faria
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Lavras, Campus Universitário, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, Minas Gerias, Brazil
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: azaldivar@ib.unam.mx)
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Abstract

Nine species of the gall-associated doryctine genus Allorhogas Gahan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described from Brazil (A. clidemiae Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, A. granivorus Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. mineiro Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, and A. vulgaris Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species) and Costa Rica (A. brevithorax Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. pallidus Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, A. psychotria Zaldívar-Riverón and Martínez new species, A. punctatus Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species, and A. tico Martínez and Zaldívar-Riverón new species). We provide host plant records for the described species, including information that reveals that at least three of them feed on seeds. Allorhogas granivorus had previously been confirmed to represent a natural enemy of the invasive weed Miconia calvescens de Candolle (Melastomataceae). Updated keys to the species of Allorhogas from Brazil and Costa Rica are provided.

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Systematics & Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 150 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 279 - 302
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2018 

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