Descriptions of two new species of Platygaster Latreille that attack gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with notes on their biology (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)

Platygaster ingeniosus Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. and P. urniphila Matsuo & Yamagishi, sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are described from Japan. The former species is an egg-larval solitary parasitoid of Masakimyia pustulae Yukawa and Sunose (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). The...

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Main Authors: Kazunori Matsuo, Tomohisa Fujii, Makoto Tokuda, Tomoko Ganaha-Kikumura, Junichi Yukawa, Kenzou Yamagishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-05-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=23296