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Title	A new Euphorine species of Aridelus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) associated with a subsocial bug Elasmuchaputoni (Heteroptera, Acanthosomatidae).

Book/Journal	Japanese Journal of Entomology

Author	Kaoru Maeto Shinichi Kudo

Edition		Volume	60	Number	(1)	Page	77-84

Publisher	The Entomological Society of Japan
Publisher	The Entomological Society of Japan

Year	1992	Month	3

ISBN		ISSN	0915-5805

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Remarks	Aridelus elasmuchae sp. nov., which parasitizes nymphs of a subsocial bug, Elasmucha putoni, is described. Behavioral interactions between the parasitoids and the adult female bugs attending the host nymphs are recorded. The female bugsrespond sharply to the parasitoids and usually drive them from the nymphs, but the parasitoids repeatedly attempt to oviposit into nymphs, walking around the nymphal aggregation. Percentage parasitism in the field population is high.

Remarks

Aridelus elasmuchae sp. nov., which parasitizes nymphs of a subsocial bug, Elasmucha putoni, is described. Behavioral interactions between the parasitoids and the adult female bugs attending the host nymphs are recorded. The female bugsrespond sharply to the parasitoids and usually drive them from the nymphs, but the parasitoids repeatedly attempt to oviposit into nymphs, walking around the nymphal aggregation. Percentage parasitism in the field population is high.

Taxon	Aridelus elasmuchae Maeto & Kudo, 1992

Voucher specimen(s)	HYM-059