Plectocynipinae

Distribution

Biology

Associated with Aditrochus species (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Ormocerinae) and unidentified hymenopterous gallers on Nothofagus spp. (Fagaceae).

References

Brèthes J. 1928. Nouveaux Hymenopteres parasites du Chili. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 31: 194–200.

Buffington ML, Nieves-Aldrey JL. 2011. Revision of Plectocynipinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) with descriptions of a new genus and three new species from Chile. Proceedings of the Entomolological Society of Washington 113: 91-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.4289%2F0013-8797.113.2.91

Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020. World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(4): 1–69. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003

Díaz, N.B. 1976. Estudio ecológico y sistematico de Cinipoideos Neotropicales I. (Hymenoptera). Plectocynips longicornis gen. et sp. n. Neotropica 22: 99–102.

Credits

Photographs © Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).