title: Description of a new species ofEuderusHaliday from the southeastern United States (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae): the crypt-keeper wasp.
abstract: A new species of the genusEuderusHaliday,Euderus setsp. n., is described and illustrated from the southeastern United States, where it parasitizes the crypt gall wasp,Bassettia pallidaAshmead, 1896, on live oaks in the genus Quercus (subsection Virentes). This is the 1stspecies of the genus reported from the southeastern United States to parasitize cynipid gall wasps and the 3rdspecies of the genus reported to attack cynipids in North America. Modified sections of the identification keys to subgenera and species ofEuderus(Yoshimoto, 1971) are included to integrate the new species.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005.
authors.forename: Scott P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.affiliation: Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005.
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Weinersmith
authors.affiliation: Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816.
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ridenbaugh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816.
authors.forename: Y Miles
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Forbes
keywords: Bassettia pallida; Chalcidoidea; Cynipidae; Euderus; Eulophidae; Quercus geminata; Quercus virginiana; new species