| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | S. R. Shaw, Nishida K. |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 1028 |
| Pagination: | 49-60 |
| Keywords: | Behavior, Braconidae, Hymenoptera, Limacodidae, Neotropical, parasitoid, taxonomy |
| Abstract: | A new species of parasitoid wasp, Meteorus oviedoi Shaw and Nishida (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), is described from the Central Valley of Costa Rica. The new species is diagnosed and compared to other species in the genus. It was reared from larvae of Venadicodia caneti (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) on leaves of Licaria triandra (Lauraceae). The parasitoid is gregarious and modifies the behavior of its host. This is the first record of a Meteorus species attacking Limacodidae in Costa Rica. |
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