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2023 , Vol. 48 >Issue 3: 264 - 276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2023305

Original Article

Two new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), parasitoids of Bradybatus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) damaging seeds of Acer truncatum in China

  • Huihui Liu ,
  • Liangming Cao ,
  • Xiaoyi Wang ,
  • Xuebing Xin ,
  • Yingxia Bao ,
  • Zhongqi Yang
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  • 1Experimental Center of Forestry in North China, CAF/ National Permanent Scientific Research Base for Warm Temperate Zone Forestry of Jiulong Mountain in Beijing, Beijing, China; 2Ecology and Nature Conservaton Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry & Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing, China; 3Wujiaofeng Nature Reserve of Horqinyouyizhongqi, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia, China.

Online published: 2023-07-24

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This research is financially supported by the Key Project of the Fundamental Fund of the Chinese Academy of
Forestry (CAFYBB2020ZB005).

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Abstract

Two new species of Eurytoma, E. truncatumi Yang, Liu & Cao, sp. nov. and E. acutibialis Yang, Liu & Cao, sp. nov., are described and illustrated, as the solitary larval and pupal ectoparasitoid of Bradybatus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a serious pest of purpleblow maple, Acer truncatum Bunge (Aceraceae). Photographs of the characters of the new species were provided. Typical materials were deposited in Insect Museum, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing. The biological characters observed and their biocontrol potential were also discussed.

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Huihui Liu , Liangming Cao , Xiaoyi Wang , Xuebing Xin , Yingxia Bao , Zhongqi Yang . Two new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), parasitoids of Bradybatus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) damaging seeds of Acer truncatum in China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2023 , 48(3) : 264 -276 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2023305

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