Descriptions of two new species of Platygaster Latreille that attack gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with notes on their biology (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)

By

Matsuo, Kazunori
Fujii, Tomohisa
Tokuda, Makoto
Ganaha-Kikumura, Tomoko
Yukawa, Junichi
Yamagishi, Kenzo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

754

Pages

113-125

Subjects

Platygaster ingeniosus , Platygaster urniphila , platygastrids , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.754.23296

 

Abstract

PlatygasteringeniosusMatsuo & Yamagishi,sp. n.andP.urniphilaMatsuo & Yamagishi,sp. n.(Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are described from Japan. The former species is an egg-larval solitary parasitoid ofMasakimyiapustulaeYukawa and Sunose (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). The latter species is an egg-larval gregarious parasitoid ofRhopalomyialongitubifex(Shinji) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).