Turkish Journal of Zoology
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, M (2011). A new species of Westralianus Boucek 1988 (Hymenoptera:Torymidae: Megastigminae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 35 (1): 23-27. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0902-16