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An Integrative Taxonomy of a New Species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with High Reproductive Capacity

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A new species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is described: Trichogramma foersteri sp. nov. Takahashi from eggs of Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) a major soybean defoliating pest. The parasitoid was collected in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná State, Brazil, and molecular and morphological characters were used to confirm the identity of the new species. Preliminary biological data are provided to demonstrate its high capacity of parasitism. The new species is a potential candidate as a biological control agent against some lepidopteran-pests.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Norma G. Ganho and Paulo E. F. e Alvarenga from Coleção Entomológica Padre Jesus Santiago Moure of the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) for technical imaging support. We are grateful to Centro de Tecnologias Avançadas em Fluorescência (CTAF-UFPR) and Centro de Microscopia Eletrônica (CEM-UFPR) for the use and assistance with SEM images; to the team of Laboratório de Controle Integrado de Insetos for their help in field work; to Dr. Renato José Pires Machado from UFPR for all discussions of phylogenetic analysis and the farmers André Valenga and Edson Kachinski for the assignment of the experimental area to carry out the work; and to Adelia Bischoff and Koppert Biological Systems for providing eggs of D. fovealis, D. saccharalis, and A. ipsilon.

Author Contribution Statement

All authors contributed to the study. Material preparation and description was performed by TAT. Field collections and biological data were provided by GN and TAT. The description study was supervised by RBQ which also reviewed and edited the manuscript. First draft of the manuscript was written by TAT and LAF, who supervised the fieldwork. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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This study was partially financed by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001.

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  1. Depto de Fitotecnia e Fitossanidade, Univ Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Tamara A. Takahashi & Guilherme Nishimura

  2. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Secretaria de Inovação e Negócios, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

    Ranyse B. Querino

  3. Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Luís A. Foerster

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Takahashi, T.A., Nishimura, G., Querino, R.B. et al. An Integrative Taxonomy of a New Species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with High Reproductive Capacity. Neotrop Entomol 50, 90–99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-020-00834-2

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