The remarkable biology of a new species of Gelis Thunberg, 1827 (Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae), a solitary endoparasitoid of fresh eggs of Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

A new species, Gelis timarchae Schwarz, Shaw & Kan, is figured and described from specimens reared as a solitary endoparasitoid of fresh eggs of Timarcha nicaeensis in the south of France. Oviposition behaviour of the adult parasitoid, directly into the host cytoplasm, is described and l...

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Main Authors: Mark R. Shaw, Pieter Kan, Brigitte Kan-van Limburg Stirum, Martin Schwarz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/64657/download/pdf/