Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n.
The microgastrine subset of hymenopteran parasitoids of the geometrid Epirrita autumnata is investigated in Fennoscandia. Ecology, including population dynamics, of the moth has been intensively studied in northern and mountainous Finland, Norway and Sweden. Recently supported hypotheses about the c...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/170745 2023-05-15T16:11:39+02:00 Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. Ilari E Sääksjärvi Anu Veijalainen Kai Ruohomäki Mark R Shaw Niklas Wahlberg Tero Klemola Niina Snäll biologian laitoksen yhteiset, Department of Biology ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PÄÄT Eläinmuseo, PÄÄT Eläinmuseo fysiologia ja genetiikka, Physiology and Genetics 2606404 2606402 2606400 2606406 2022-10-28T14:20:01Z 65 80 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/170745 en eng ENTOMOLOGICA FENNICA Suomi Finland FI 24 Entomologica Fennica 2 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/170745 URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042714589 0785-8760 2022 ftunivturku 2022-11-03T00:02:32Z The microgastrine subset of hymenopteran parasitoids of the geometrid Epirrita autumnata is investigated in Fennoscandia. Ecology, including population dynamics, of the moth has been intensively studied in northern and mountainous Finland, Norway and Sweden. Recently supported hypotheses about the causes of its cyclic population dynamics stress the role of parasitoids, while the parasitoid complex with some 15 species is insufficiently known. The complex includes four solitary microgastrine species, Protapanteles anchisiades (Nixon), immunis (Wesmael), Cotesia salebrosa (Marshall) and C. autumnatae Shaw, sp. n. Here, we provide detailed figures for the latter, which is morphologically close to C. jucunda (Marshall), and describe the species as new to science. We also provide more general habitus figures of the other three species, as well as an identification key for the four species, aiming to aid recognition of these species by ecologists dealing with microgastrine parasitoids of E. autumnata and their alternative geometrid hosts. Other/Unknown Material Fennoscandia University of Turku: UTUPub Norway |
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The microgastrine subset of hymenopteran parasitoids of the geometrid Epirrita autumnata is investigated in Fennoscandia. Ecology, including population dynamics, of the moth has been intensively studied in northern and mountainous Finland, Norway and Sweden. Recently supported hypotheses about the causes of its cyclic population dynamics stress the role of parasitoids, while the parasitoid complex with some 15 species is insufficiently known. The complex includes four solitary microgastrine species, Protapanteles anchisiades (Nixon), immunis (Wesmael), Cotesia salebrosa (Marshall) and C. autumnatae Shaw, sp. n. Here, we provide detailed figures for the latter, which is morphologically close to C. jucunda (Marshall), and describe the species as new to science. We also provide more general habitus figures of the other three species, as well as an identification key for the four species, aiming to aid recognition of these species by ecologists dealing with microgastrine parasitoids of E. autumnata and their alternative geometrid hosts. |
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biologian laitoksen yhteiset, Department of Biology ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PÄÄT Eläinmuseo, PÄÄT Eläinmuseo fysiologia ja genetiikka, Physiology and Genetics 2606404 2606402 2606400 2606406 |
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Ilari E Sääksjärvi Anu Veijalainen Kai Ruohomäki Mark R Shaw Niklas Wahlberg Tero Klemola Niina Snäll |
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Ilari E Sääksjärvi Anu Veijalainen Kai Ruohomäki Mark R Shaw Niklas Wahlberg Tero Klemola Niina Snäll Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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Ilari E Sääksjärvi Anu Veijalainen Kai Ruohomäki Mark R Shaw Niklas Wahlberg Tero Klemola Niina Snäll |
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Ilari E Sääksjärvi |
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Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. |
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microgastrinae (hymenoptera: braconidae) parasitizing epirrita autumnata (lepidoptera: geometridae) larvae in fennoscandia with description of cotesia autumnatae shaw, sp n. |
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