A new phytophagous eulophid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) that feeds within leaf buds and cones of Pinus massoniana

Xiangxiang Li; Zhihong Xu; Chaodong Zhu; Jinnian Zhao; Yuyou He

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.8

A new phytophagous eulophid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) that feeds within leaf buds and cones of Pinus massoniana

Zootaxa. 2014 Jan 8:3753:391-7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.8.

Authors

Xiangxiang Li¹, Zhihong Xu², Chaodong Zhu³, Jinnian Zhao⁴, Yuyou He³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China; Email: unknown.
² Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China; Email: zhhxu@zju.edu.cn.
³ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.; Email: unknown.
⁴ Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang, Zhejiang, 311400, China; Email: unknown.

PMID: 24872309
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.8

Abstract

Aprostocetus pinus sp. nov. (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) is newly described as a leaf bud and microstrobilus pest of Pinus massoniana (Pinales: Pinaceae), an important afforestation species in southeast China. Both sexes of the parasitoid are described and illustrated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Ecosystem
Female
Food Chain
Larva / anatomy & histology
Larva / classification
Larva / growth & development
Larva / physiology
Male
Pinus / growth & development
Wasps / anatomy & histology*
Wasps / classification*
Wasps / growth & development
Wasps / physiology