A new species of Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) within Macrobrochis gigas (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiidae) in Fujian, China

The south-east coastal area of Fujian, China, belongs to the Oriental Realm, and is characterized by a high insect species richness. In this work, a new species of Hymenopteran parasitoid, Liang & Song, found in Jinjiang within hosts of caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), is described and ill...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 913; pp. 127 - 139
Main Authors Lu, Ciding, Tang, Jinhan, Dong, Wanying, Zhou, Youjun, Gai, Xinmin, Lin, Haoyu, Song, Dongbao, Liang, Guanghong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 19.02.2020
Subjects
Agriculture and Forestry
Asia
Braconidae
new species
parasitoid
Oriental Realm
Glyptapanteles
Macrobrochis gigas
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Summary:The south-east coastal area of Fujian, China, belongs to the Oriental Realm, and is characterized by a high insect species richness. In this work, a new species of Hymenopteran parasitoid, Liang & Song, found in Jinjiang within hosts of caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), is described and illustrated, with differences from similar species. Additionally, we presumed that both parasitoid and host species play very important role in the coevolution and tritrophic interaction between plants, phytophagous insects, and their parasitoids, because these insects probably broke the sporangia and made contributions to their colonization, or some spores were spread for long distances by adult moths after their emergence, or some parasitoids were attracted by the eggs and larvae of these caterpillars, which was also thought to be helpful to spread of spores.
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Academic editor: J. Fernandez-Triana
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.913.46646