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Two new species of Digonogastra Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on Neotropical pyralid borers (Lepidoptera) in maize, sorghum and surgane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. A. Wharton ,
J. W. Smith Jr. ,
D. L. J. Quicke  and
H. W. Browning
R. A. Wharton
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
J. W. Smith Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
D. L. J. Quicke
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Zoology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
H. W. Browning
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Agricultural Research & Education Center, P.O. Box 1088, Lake Alfred, Florida 32850, USA
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Abstract

Digonogastra kimballi sp. n. and D. solitaria Wharton & Quicke sp. n. are described from Texas and Mexico. They attack stalk-boring pyralids in a variety of gramineous plants, including maize, sorghum and sugarcane. Known hosts are Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) and five species of Diatraea.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 401 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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