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The hosts of Phlebopenes (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), with the first record of Phlebopenes longicaudata attacking nests of oil-collecting bees of the genus Tetrapedia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2018
Abstract
Two rearing records from trap nests set in São Paulo State, Brazil and one oviposition observation show that the parasitoid wasp Phlebopenes longicaudata (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae: Eupelminae) parasitises the nests of oil-collecting bees of the genus Tetrapedia Klug (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Based on this and one previously published host record, species of Phlebopenes Perty are newly hypothesised to be parasitoids of solitary wasps and bees rather than wood-boring Coleoptera. Other Eupelmidae reported as parasitoids of aculeate wasps are summarised.
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Subject editor: Cory Sheffield
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