Aximopsis gabrielae sp. nov.: a gregarious parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) of the skipper Quadrus cerialis (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) feeding on Piper amalago in southern Mexico. Issue 1 (17th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campos-Moreno, Diego F.; Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela; Dyer, Lee A.; Whitfield, James B.; Pozo, Carmen
• Is Part Of: Journal of natural history. Volume 56:Issue 1/4(2022)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 189
• Publication Date: 2022-01-17
• Subjects: endoparasitoid -- koinobiont -- natural history -- tritrophic interaction -- Yucatan Peninsula; Natural history -- Periodicals; 508
• DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2025940
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2933

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Aximopsis gabrielae Zhang, Gates and Campos sp. nov. is described from southern Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. This species is a koinobiont gregarious larval-pupal endoparasitoid of the caterpillar of Quadrus cerialis (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) feeding on the shrub Piper amalago L. (Piperaceae) in the semi-evergreen forest. This is the first record of Aximopsis parasitoids on Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Morphological, biological, ecological and geographical data are integrated to delineate the new species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3226C193-88FB-45EA-BFCB-5C752B3C5E46