[Description of nine South American species of the genus Neralsia cameron, with low scutellar carina (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae)].
In this study a total of nine new species of the genus Neralsia are described for South America: N. desantisi Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. equilatera Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. hermafrodita Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. marioi Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. moisesi Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. obelix Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. parafossulata Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., N. pseudoneralsia Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp. and N. rauli Jiménez & Pujade-Villar n. sp., all of them have in common the low carina separating the scutellar foveae. Other six known Neralsia species, N. albipennis (Kieffer), N. bogotensis (Kieffer), N. flavidipennis (Kieffer), N. fossulata (Kieffer), N. pilosa (Borgmeier) and N. striaticeps (Kieffer) have the same scutellar character. The morphological characters to differentiate all mentioned species are presented.
Jiménez
Mauricio
M
Dept. Biologia Animal. Facultat de Biologia. Univ. Barcelona. Avda. Diagonal 646, 08028-Barcelona, Spain.
Díaz
Norma B
NB
Gallardo
Fabiana
F
Ros-Farré
Palmira
P
Pujade-Villar
Juli
J
D000818:Animals; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013020:South America