Contribution to the knowledge of the Argentinean species of Lepidura Townes (Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae), with description of the male of L. patagonica Araujo & Vivallo

ARAUJO, R. O.; VIVALLO, F; MARTÍNEZ J.J.

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina

Sociedad Entomológica Argentina

Año: 2019 vol. 78 p. 1 - 3

Two new species of cecidomyiids were identified on Prosopis caldenia Burkart (Fabaceae) in Argentina: Rhopalomyia caldeniae Cornejo & Martínez sp. nov., as the inducer of bivalve leaf galls, and the inquiline Dasineura oportunista Cornejo & Martínez sp. nov. These galls are composed of the partial coalescence of two contiguous pinnulae that delimit a single larval chamber, where both species develop. Seven other species were reared from these galls as parasitoids and inquilines.