Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruitinfesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations
Author
Guimarães, Jorge A.
Author
Gallardo, Fabiana E.
Author
Diaz, Norma Beatriz
Author
Zucchi, Roberto A.
text
Zootaxa
2003
278
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156603
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Tropideucoila weldi
Costa Lima, 1940
(
Fig. 9–15
)
Tropideucoila weldi
Costa Lima, 1940
: 17
Diagnosis.
Body stout. Head (
Fig. 9
) with lateral margin of occiput well defined. Eyes without pubescence. Antennae of female (
Fig. 10
) pilose, cilindrical, widened towards apex, club 7segmented, inconspicuous. Dorsal margin of pronotal plate (
Fig. 11
) with three emarginations; sides of pronotum with longitudinal carinae. Mesoscutum (
Figs. 12 and 13
) strongly convex in profile, median mesoscutal carina present. Dorsal part of scutellum (
Fig. 13
) areolate, dorsoposterior part in dorsal view emarginate with two small lateral angles and conspicuous posterior angles. Scutellar plate (
Figs. 12 and 13
) small, quite elevated, with a circular pit distinctly removed from the posterior margin of the plate. Mesopleuron (
Fig. 12
) with subalar pit. Metapleuron (
Fig. 12
) sculptured. Forewings (
Fig. 14
) hyaline, dusky at base, punctate, apical margin with hair fringe; marginal cell open anteriorly; veins darkened. Metacoxa (
Fig. 15
) with a band of hairs along the posterior margin. Third abdominal tergum of metasoma (
Fig. 12
) with a thin hairy ring; metasoma distally smooth.
Geographical distribution.
Neotropical Region:
Brazil
and
Argentina
(
Loiácono & Diaz 1977
). In
Brazil
it is distributed throughout
the States
of Rio de Janeiro (
Costa Lima 1940
) and Goiás (new record).
Hosts.
Lonchaeidae
:
Neosilba pendula
(
in
Costa Lima 1940
).
All the material studied in this paper was collected in the State of Goiás using a Malaise trap.
Remarks
.
Borgmeier (1935)
emphazised that
Tropideucoila
Ashmead, 1903
is very similar to
Dettmeria
Borgmeier, 1935
.
Costa Lima (1940)
described
Tropideucoila weldi
and remarked its similarity with
D. euxestae
. The analysis of material collected in
Brazil
suggested that
T. weldi
could be better placed in
Dettmeria
than in
Tropideucoila
.
Material collected.
BRAZIL
.
Goiás:
25.X.1998
(
1 female
);
21.XI.1998
(
1 female
);
22.XI.1998
(
1 female
);
6.V.2000
(
1 female
), coll. C. Marchiori (
MLP
).