Oviposition behaviour of four ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae, Neoneurini and Ichneumonidae, Hybrizontinae), with the description of three new European species

By

Achterberg, C. van
Durán, José María

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

125

Pages

59-106

Subjects

behaviour , Biology , Braconidae , Cataglyphis , Elasmosoma , Euphorinae , Europe , Formica , Formicidae , Hybrizon , Ichneumonidae: Hybrizontinae , key , Kollamosoma , Lasius , Neoneurini , Neoneurus , new species , Norway , Slovakia , Spain

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.125.1754

 

Abstract

The oviposition behaviour of four ant parasitoids was observed and filmed for the first time. The movies are available from YouTube (search for Elasmosoma, Hybrizon, Kollasmosoma and Neoneurus). Two of the observed species (Neoneurus vesculus sp. n. and Kollasmosoma sentum sp. n.) are new to science. A third species (Neoneurus recticalcar sp. n.) is described from Slovakia and Norway. Keys to the Palaearctic species of the genera Neoneurus and Kollasmosoma are added.