In:
Insect Systematics & Evolution, Brill, Vol. 53, No. 3 ( 2022-05-31), p. 221-241
Abstract:
Microplitis Foerster is a highly diverse and cosmopolitan genus within Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae). Microplitis ceratomiae Riley, a widely distributed North American species, exclusively attacks sphingid caterpillars. In this paper, M . ceratomiae is reported parasitizing a caterpillar of Sphinx poecila Stephens (Sphingidae) which was collected feeding on Spiraea alba Du Roi (Rosaceae), a species of white meadowsweet native to the wet soils of the Allegheny Mountains and other portions of eastern North America. Here, we report and describe this new host-parasitoid-food plant association in southern New Hampshire, and include a distribution map for the species. Biological, ecological and phylogenetic analyses, and an identification key for the nine known species of Microplitis that attack sphingids in the New World are provided.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1399-560X
,
1876-312X
DOI:
10.1163/1876312X-bja10026
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2495879-7
SSG:
12