A new species of Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) within Macrobrochis gigas (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiidae) in Fujian, China

By

Lu, Ciding
Tang, JinHan
Dong, Wanying
Zhou, Youjun
Gai, Xinmin
Lin, HaoYu
Song, Dongbao
Liang, Guanghong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

913

Pages

127--139

Subjects

Glyptapanteles , Macrobrochis gigas , new species , Oriental realm , parasitoid

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.913.46646

 

Abstract

The south-east coastal area of Fujian, China, belongs to the Oriental Realm, and is characterized by a high insect species richness. In this work, a new species of Hymenopteran parasitoid,Glyptapanteles gigasLiang & Song,sp. nov.found in Jinjiang within hosts of caterpillarsMacrobrochis gigas(Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), is described and illustrated, with differences from similar species. Additionally, we presumed that both parasitoid and host species play very important role in the coevolution and tritrophic interaction between plants, phytophagous insects, and their parasitoids, because these insects probably broke the sporangia and made contributions to their colonization, or some spores were spread for long distances by adult moths after their emergence, or some parasitoids were attracted by the eggs and larvae of these caterpillars, which was also thought to be helpful to spread of spores.