A new species of Westralianus Boucek 1988 (Hymenoptera:Torymidae: Megastigminae) from Turkey

Authors

MİKDAT DOĞANLAR

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0902-16

Abstract

A new species of the Australian genus Westralianus Boucek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) is described from Altınözü, Hatay, Turkey. Some new diagnostic characters of the genus are provided by inclusion of a second species in the genus. The new species, W. altinoezus n.sp., is compared with the type species, W. microstigma Boucek 1988. The new species was recorded as a parasitoid of caterpillars of an unknown species of Lepidoptera living in galls of Gymnosporangium confusum (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) on shoots of Crataegus monogyna Jacq. A description of the new species is provided and its diagnostic characters are photographed.

Keywords

Westralianus, new species, diagnosis, description, biology

First Page

23

Last Page

27

Recommended Citation

DOĞANLAR, MİKDAT (2011) "A new species of Westralianus Boucek 1988 (Hymenoptera:Torymidae: Megastigminae) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0902-16
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol35/iss1/4