TY - JOUR
T1 - Description of a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera, ceraphronidae) that parasitizes acarivorous gall midges of Feltiella (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Japan
AU - Matsuo, Kazunori
AU - Ganaha-Kikumura, Tomoko
AU - Ohno, Suguru
AU - Yukawa, Junichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Kazunori Matsuo et al.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In 2008-2009, we reared small ceraphronids (about 0.5 mm in body length) from cocoons that had been made possibly by two acarivorous species, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) and F. acarivora (Zehntner) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Detailed morphological observation revealed that the ceraphronid was a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). We describe it as Aphanogmus flavigastris Matsuo, sp. n. Identification of the Aphanogmus species is essential to evaluate its possibly negative effects on the predatory activity of Feltiella species that have been used as control agents against tetranychid mites.
AB - In 2008-2009, we reared small ceraphronids (about 0.5 mm in body length) from cocoons that had been made possibly by two acarivorous species, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) and F. acarivora (Zehntner) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Detailed morphological observation revealed that the ceraphronid was a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). We describe it as Aphanogmus flavigastris Matsuo, sp. n. Identification of the Aphanogmus species is essential to evaluate its possibly negative effects on the predatory activity of Feltiella species that have been used as control agents against tetranychid mites.
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.596.8472
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.596.8472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973353652
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2016
SP - 77
EP - 85
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 596
ER -