Euplectrus rojasi
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Eulophidae
Genus: Euplectrus
Name
Euplectrus rojasi Schauff – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Euplectrus rojasi Schauff in Schauff & Janzen, 2001: 217–219. Holotype ♀ (USNM), not found.
Material
The species was described from a single female that was deposited in USNM (Schauff and Janzen 2001[1]). However, this holotype could not be located in the collections of USNM (M. Gates, personal communication), and therefore no material of this species has been examined.
Diagnosis
In spite of the lack of material the original description gives valuable clues as to the identity of this species. Lower face is brown medially and dark yellow lateral to median dark brown area; hind coxae are black; posterior part of scutellum is overhanging dorsellum and hides anterior part of dorsellum; propodeum with anteromedian cup flattened, not raised as in the other species of Euplectrus; petiole is 1.5× as long as wide, i.e. very long for a Euplectrus.
Hosts and biology
Unknown.
Distribution
Costa Rica (Cartago Province) (Schauff and Janzen 2001[1]).
Taxon Treatment
- Hansson, C; Smith, M; Janzen, D; Hallwachs, W; 2015: Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica ZooKeys, (485): 1-236. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schauff M, Janzen D (2001) Taxonomy and ecology of Costa Rican Euplectrus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids of caterpillars. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 10: 181–230.
