Description of a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae) that parasitizes acarivorous gall midges of Feltiella (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Japan

作者：Matsuo Kazunori^*; Ganaha Kikumura Tomoko; Ohno Suguru; Yukawa Junichi

来源：ZooKeys, 2016, 596(596): 77-85.

DOI：10.3897/zookeys.596.8472

• Aphanogmus flavigastris
• Feltiella acarisuga
• Feltiella acarivora
• taxonomy

In 2008-2009, we reared small ceraphronids (about 0.5 mm in body length) from cocoons that had been made possibly by two acarivorous species, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) and F. acarivora (Zehntner) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Detailed morphological observation revealed that the ceraphronid was a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). We describe it as Aphanogmus flavigastris Matsuo, sp. n. Identification of the Aphanogmus species is essential to evaluate its possibly negative effects on the predatory activity of Feltiella species that have been used as control agents against tetranychid mites.

• 出版日期2016