Ashmead, 1888 :101
Ashmead, 1888 :101
Horismenus missouriensis (Ashmead)
Species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with bruchid beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), including five new species
Hansson, Christer
Kenyon, Sarah G.
Benrey, Betty
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-11
4585
1
168
188
6MDL4
(Ashmead)
Ashmead
[151,615,1117,1143]
Insecta
Eulophidae
Horismenus
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
18
186
Arthropoda
species
missouriensis
Figs 48–51, 60–63.
Holcopelte missouriensis Ashmead, 1888:101. Lectotypefemale in USNM, designated by Burks (1971), examined. Holcopelte popenoei Ashmead, 1888:101. Lectotypefemale in USNM, designated by Burks (1971), examined. Synonymized by Girault (1934). Horismenus missouriensis(Ashmead), Schmiedeknecht (1909).
Diagnosis. Antennal scrobes joining below frontal suture (as in Figs 56, 57); first gastral tergite with posterior 2/3 reticulate with isodiametric meshes and with punctures, or predominantly with punctures; female flagellomeres short and stout ( Figs 50, 62), e.g. first flagellomere 1.7× as long as wide; male scape 2.8× as long as wide ( Fig. 51); forewing speculum open below; propodeum with median carina with sides parallel and with anterior part blunt ( Fig. 63); petiole with median carina; female gaster short and ovate, MM/LG = 1.1. Similar to bruchophagusbut with head and mesosoma bright metallic and male scape less swollen and with basal ½ pale; and to productusbut first gastral tergite partly or completely with punctures in posterior part.
Distribution. Argentina( Hansson 2009), Belize( Hansson 2009), Brazil( De Santis 1980, Sari et al.2002), Colombia( Hansson 2009), Costa Rica( Hansson 2009), Honduras( Hansson 2009), Mexico( Hansson & Aebi 2004), Peru( Hansson 2009), Trinidad & Tobago( Hansson 2009), U.S.A.( Ashmead 1888) (from New Yorkand southward (Burks 1971)).
Hosts. Acanthoscelidessp. on Phaseolusspp. ( Hansson & Aebi 2004), A. floridaeHorn ( Peck 1963), A. submuticus(Sharp) ( Peck 1963), Amblycerus robiniae(Fabricius) ( Peck 1951), Ctenocolum crotonae(Fåhraeus) ( Sari et al.2002), Gibbobruchussp. ( Burks 1971). All hosts are Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae ( Coleoptera). New records: Acanthoscelidessp. on Mimosa pigra; bruchid in Acacia farnesiana; bruchid in Sesbaniasp. ( Fabaceae); Etiella zinchenella( Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on pigeon pea ( Cajanus cajan, Fabaceae); Leucaena leucocephala(Fabaceae); seeds of Symplocos limon(Symplocaceae); seed pods of Acaciaand Prosopis(Fabaceae). This species is a parasitoid on larvae of bruchids ( Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), other records need confirmation.
Material examined. Type material: Lectotypefemale of H. missouriensislabeled “ Missouri”, “Type no. 41369 U.S.N.M.” (USNM); lectotypefemale of H. popenoeilabeled “ Mar. 15”, “Riley Co Ks F. Marlatt”, “149”, “1274”, “Type no. 41370 U.S.N.M.” (USNM). Additional material: As accounted for in Hansson (2009). Molecular data. Horismenus missouriensisequals “HM3” in Kenyon et al.(2015)and molecular data associated with “HM3” is accounted for in that paper.