A new Afrotropical genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls on Bikinia (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) and a new species of Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) associated with the gall
Gallastichus mutuus Rasplus & La Salle gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) and Ormyrus nkoloensis Rasplus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Ormyridae) are described from Cameroon. Both taxa were collected from leaf galls formed on Bikinia letestui (Pellegr.) Wieringa subsp. letestui (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Gallastichus mutuus appears to be responsible for gall induction, whereas O. nkoloensis is likely a secondary coloniser, either a parasitoid or an inquiline. This is the first recorded instance of a gall being induced in an extrafloral nectary.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | H10 - Ravageurs des plantes, Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Caesalpinioideae, galle, parasitisme, taxonomie, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3751, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29879, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1180, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5967, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5577, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7631, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1229, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/560783/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/560783/1/document_560783.pdf |
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