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nishidai Hansson

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, antenna lateral, female.

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, antenna lateral, male.

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, head frontal, female.

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, head+mesoscutum, female.

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, thoracic dorsum, female.

Pediobius nishidai Hansson, gaster lateral, female.

Original description

Hansson, C. 2002. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 50:124.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Antenna in both sexes without distinct clava; reticulation on posterior scutellum more or less in straight but irregular rows, i.e. rows are not diverging posteriorly; posterior margin of dorsellum evenly rounded; fore wing speculum open below and basal half of costal cell with a few setae on ventral surface; propodeum with a narrow median groove, narrowed medially, submedian carinae weak; propodeal nucha elongate, 0.7X as long as length of propodeum; petiole 1.4X as long as wide in female, 1.7X as long as wide in male; female gaster with anteroventral part protruding in front of attachment of petiole; first gastral tergite with reticulation in posterior 1/2, meshes isodiametric.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Gregarious endoparasitoid in larva of Epilachna mexicana (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), 15? 2? emerged from one prepupa.

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Depository of primary type

Holotype female in Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, England.