New species and records of Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907 (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Author
Pereira, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky
Author
Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles
Author
Bravo, Freddy
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
4
585
590
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.8
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1175-5326
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Pseudacteon arcuatus
Borgmeier, 1969
Material examined
:
BRAZIL
:
Bahia
: Ilhéus (CEPLAC–
CEPEC
, 14°45′17.7″S 39°13′56.1″W), 6 ♀,
05.X.2012
, T.P.L. Pereira
leg
. (
MZFS
).
Distribution.
BRAZIL
(new record):
Bahia
: Ilhéus;
DOMINICA
: Clarke Hall;
COLOMBIA
: Magdalena: PNN
Tayrona, Zaino
,
COSTA RICA
. (
Plowes
et al.
2009
). This record is the first out of the Central
America
and Caribbean distribution of this species (Dominican,
Costa Rica
and Magdalena in
Colombia
).
Remarks
. The collected specimens have the distal process of the female with rounded sides, slightly different to descriptions made by
Plowes
et al.
(2009)
of the species. We consider that this slightly morphological difference is not sufficient to describe a new species. This disjunct distribution may be occurring by the lack of intermediate data collections, as seen in
Pseudacteon fowleri
and
P. pradei
(Patrock 2010)
. It is possible that this parasitoid species presents the same geographical distribution of the host
Solenopsis geminata
proposed by
Ross
et al.
(2009)
.
Field observations
. The specimens were collected associated with a colony of
Solenopsis geminata
.