1. Description of two new Australian genera of Megastigmidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with notes on the biology of the genus Bortesia
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Julie Böhmová, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Gary S. Taylor, Petr Janšta, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), University of Adelaide, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity (ACEBB), Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, This work was supported by The Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK) - project n. 1122218 (to JB) and SVV 260571/2022 (to PJ) . We thank the following institutions: the Queensland Government, Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing for delivering permits to sample in Queensland National Parks (permits #WITK18248017-WITK18278817 to JYR), Government of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources for providing collecting permit for national parks of South Australia (permit U26825-1 to PJ), and Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy for providing export permit (PWS2019-AU-000191 to PJ).
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Chalcidoidea ,gall ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Casuarinaceae ,Biota ,Hymenoptera ,Bortesia ,phytophagous ,Insect Science ,Hakea ,Animalia ,Torymidae ,parasitoid ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Two new genera, Striastigmus, gen. nov., and Vitreostigmus, gen. nov., as well as three new species, S. bicoloratus, sp. nov., V. maculatus, sp. nov., and V. kangarooislandi, sp. nov., are described from Australia. A key to species of Vitreostigmus is provided as well as new information on the biology of genus Bortesia. Potential hosts of the newly described genera are discussed.
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- 2022