New World species of the genus Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae)

Abstract

The genus Calliscelio Ashmead is presumed to be a diverse group of parasitoids of the eggs of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). A least one species has been found to be an important factor in depressing cricket pest populations. The New World species of Calliscelio are revised. Forty-two species are recognized, 3 are redescribed: Calliscelio bisulcatus (Kieffer), Calliscelio laticinctus Ashmead, Calliscelio rubriclavus (Ashmead), comb. n.; and 38 are described as new: Calliscelio absconditum Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio absum Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio alcoa Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio amadoi Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio armila Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio bidens Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio brachys Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio brevinotaulus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio brevitas Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio carinigena Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio crater Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio crena Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio eboris Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio extenuatus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio flavicauda Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio foveolatus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio gatineau Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio glaber Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio granulatus Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio latifrons Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio levis Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio longius Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio magnificus Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio migma Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio minutia Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio paraglaber Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio pararemigio Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio prolixus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio punctatifrons Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio remigio Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio ruga Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio rugicoxa Chen & Masner, sp. n., Calliscelio sfina Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio storea Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio suni Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio telum Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio torqueo Chen & Johnson, sp. n., Calliscelio virga Chen & Johnson, sp. n. Four species are treated as junior synonyms of Calliscelio rubriclavus (Ashmead): Anteris nigriceps Ashmead, syn. n., Caloteleia marlattii Ashmead, syn. n., Caloteleia grenadensis Ashmead, syn. n., and Macroteleia ruskini Girault, syn. n.

Record of bees and wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera) during the dry season in a floodplain in the South Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

“…Identification. There are 42 valid species of Calliscelio in New World included in a taxonomic key (see Chen et al 2017), and this specimen differs from all steps of this key.…”

Diversity of hymenopteran families associated to quinoa crop in Algeria (case of Biskra province)

“…Collected insects were preserved in Eppendorf tubes that contain 70 %ethanol and taken to Entomological laboratory, Department of Agronomy, Biskra for identification. Several available keys of identification were used with reference to Delvare and Aberlenc, 1989;Goulet and Huber, 1993;Amiet et al, 2001;Amiet et al, 2004;Mikó et al, 2007Mikó et al, , 2013Farahani and Talebi, 2012;Paukkunen et al, 2015;Wu et al, 2016;Zi and Zaifu, 2016;Ghafouri Moghaddam et al, 2016;Farahani et al, 2016;Rousse and Villemant, 2012;Edmardashand et al, 2011;Schmid-Egger et al, 2017;Ferrer-Suay et al, 2015;Choi et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2017;Izadizadeh et al, 2015;Mokrousov, 2017;Aguirre et al, 2015;Yari et al, 2016;Zargaretal, 2019;Mikó et al, 2013;Prous et al, 2014Prous et al, , 2019 In order to justify insect trophic relationships, different plant species nearby the quinoa crop were sampled (Table1).…”