Six new species of Allorhogas (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from south and southeast Brazil with host-plant record

By

Joele, Flávia R.
Zaldivar-Riverón, Alejandro
Penteado-Dias, Angelica Maria

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

82

Pages

199--220

Subjects

gall-association , Ichneumonoidea , inquilinism , Neotropics , phytophagous

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.62345

 

Abstract

Six new Brazilian species of the gall-associated Doryctinae genus Allorhogas are described and illustrated: A. copaibasp. nov., A. ilexaffinissp. nov., A. inquilinussp. nov., A. quarentenussp. nov., A. vassunungasp. nov. and A. viridissp. nov. We provide host plant records for five of these species, three and one of which are new host plant genera (Ilex L., Copaifera L. and Eugenia P. Micheli ex L.) and new host plant family (Aquifoliaceae) records, respectively. Allorhogas inquilinussp. nov., whose biology was previously reported, represents the first confirmed case of phytophagous inquilinism in the genus. An updated key to Brazilian species of Allorhogas is provided.