Horismenus camobiensis (Hym.: Eulophidae), a new hyperparasitoid of Cotesia invirae (Hym.: Braconidae) in Opsiphanes invirae (Lep.: Nymphalidae) pupae

Abstract

Horismenus camobiensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), is described based on morphological, molecular and ecological data; this new species of chalcid wasp acts as hyperparasitoid of Opsiphanis invirae (Hübner, 1818) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in its parasitoid Cotesia invirae Salgado-Neto and Whitfield, 2019 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Diagnoses with morphological and molecular characters and illustrations are provided.

A new interaction in an invasive plant in Brazil: Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in seeds pods of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)

“…This genus is mostly found in South and Central America (LaSalle and Schauff, 1992;Hansson, 2009), although there are also reports from North America, one in Europe (Bouček, 1965) and one in India (Narendran et al, 2011). So far, only forty Horismenus species have been identified in Brazil (Salgado-Neto et al, 2024).…”

“…Most species of Horismenus are primary parasitoids, while at least 14 of its species are secondary parasitoids of Braconidae, especially Microgastrinae (Hansson et al, 2014;Pikart et al, 2015;Salgado-Neto et al, 2024). Many Eulophidae species, including Horismenus, parasitize insect larvae that develop in leaves and seeds of plants (Lasalle and Schauff, 1992).…”