The first record of parasitism on Neoscona scylloides (Araneae: Araneidae) by Eriostethus rufus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Toshiya Masumoto; Isamu Shimizu; Kazuhiko Konishi

doi:10.2476/asjaa.51.5

The first record of parasitism on Neoscona scylloides (Araneae: Araneidae) by Eriostethus rufus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Toshiya Masumoto, Isamu Shimizu, Kazuhiko Konishi

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Keywords: Host-parasitoid relationships, Ichneumonidae, Eriostethus, Araneidae, Neoscona

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2002 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 5-6

DOI https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.51.5

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Abstract

The parasitoid wasp Eriostethus rufus (Uchida, 1932) was reported to parasitize orb-web Araneoidea spiders of the genus Araneus. However, we found a larva of E. rufus parasitizing an orb-web Araneoidea spider of another genus, Neoscona. The relationships between E. rufus and its host spiders should be re-examined.

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