A new species of Mesopolobus (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) from black locust crops
- A new species of the genus Mesopolobus Westwood, 1833, Mesopolobus robiniae Lakatos & László sp. nov., is described and illustrated from east-central Europe (Romania and Hungary). The species was reared from black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) seedpod samples, where it most likely parasitizes the black locust’s seed predator Bruchophagus robiniae Zerova, 1970. Here we present the new species and report on its ecological relationships within the European seed predator community of black locust. We also give details regarding type material and type locality, a detailed description with images, a differential diagnosis of the new species, and a modification to the identification key published by Graham (1969), that distinguishes this new species from closely related species. In addition, we provide information on the distribution, biology and results of barcoding analysis. We also provide the DNA sequence data to complement the morphological taxonomy.
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| Author: | Zoltán László, K. Tímea Lakatos, Avar-Lehel Dénes |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-557592 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.740.1285 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (740:118-137) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/03/26 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/03/26 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2021/05/17 |
| Tag: | black locust seed predation; morphometry; multivariate ratio analysis; new species description; seed predator parasitoid |
| Volume: | 2021 |
| Issue: | 740 |
| Page Number: | 20 |
| First Page: | 118 |
| Last Page: | 137 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 481153160 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
