Five new species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Brazil

Author(s)

Ventura De Almeida, Luis Felipe ^[1] ; Penteado Dias, Angelica Maria ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ecol & Biol Evolut, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 4057, n. 2, p. 231-247, DEC 10 2015.
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Abstract

Meteorus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a cosmopolitan genus with around 340 species described, all koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae, and several of its hosts are pest insects. Previously to this work only two species were described from Brazil, M. eaclidis Muesebeck and M. townsendi Muesebeck. Five new species of Meteorus are here described: M. atlanticus n. sp., M. ferruginosus n. sp., M. itatiaiensis n. sp., M. monoceros n. sp., and M. strigatus n. sp. Three species are recorded for the first time from Brazil: M. jerodi Aguirre \& Shaw, M. laphygmae Viereck and M. megalops Zitani. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 08/57949-4 - Institute to Studies of the Parasitic Hymenoptera at the Brazilian Southeastern Region – HYMPAR
• Grantee: Angélica Maria Penteado Martins Dias
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants