[Entomology • 2022] Description of A Neotropical Gall Inducer on Araceae: Arastichus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Two New Species

 

the lifecycle of Arastichus gallicola with its host plant, Thaumatophyllum solimoesense (Arecaceae).  

Arastichus Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, gen. nov.

in Zhang, Gates, Hanson et Jansen-González, 2022.  

DOI: 10.3897/jhr.92.85967

Illustrated by Taina Litwak x.com/TainaLitwak1

Abstract

A new genus of a Neotropical gall inducing tetrastichine eulophid on Araceae is described and confirmed using Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) phylogenomic data. Arastichus Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, gen. nov., includes two new species and one species transferred from Aprostocetus Westwood: A. capipunctata Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov., A. gallicola (Ferrière), comb. nov., and A. gibernau, Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov.

Keywords: Chalcidoidea, Philodendron, Phytophagy, Tetrastichinae, Thaumatophyllum

Illustration of the lifecycle of Arastichus gallicola with its host plant, Thaumatophyllum solimoesense (Arecaceae).

Illustrated by Taina Litwak.

 Arastichus gallicola (Ferrière), comb. nov.

 Arastichus capipunctata Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov.

 Arastichus gibernau Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov.

 Y. Miles Zhang, Michael W. Gates, Paul E. Hanson and Sergio Jansen-González. 2022. Description of A Neotropical Gall Inducer on Araceae: Arastichus, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and Two New Species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 92: 145-171. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.92.85967

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