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Image of Euplectrus johnlasallei Hansson

Image of Euplectrus johnlasallei Hansson

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Figures 31–33.Euplectrus spp.: 31 newly eclosed pupal remains of Euplectrus johnlasallei that were below the cadaver of the caterpillar of Sericochroa Janzen01 (Notodontidae) (07-SRNP-31411), which has been lifted off of them as they were stuck to the surface of the glass rearing bottle to which they were glued by the drying pupal liquids, with the cocoon silk at the sides and the cadaver as the roof of the pupal chamber 32 recently eclosed pupal remains of Euplectrus fernandezi glued to the leaf below the cadaver of a last instar Euglyphis jessiehillae (Lasiocampidae) (06-SRNP-4798); the hairy caterpillar has been lifted off the pupae and this species of Euplectrus appears to not spin a silken cocoon as do all the other reared ACG Euplectrus 33 recently eclosed pupal remains of Euplectrus fernandezi glued to the leaf, with no visible silk, beneath the hairy cadaver of a last instar Euglyphis jessiehillae (Lasiocampidae) (07-SRNP-2713).

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Christer Hansson, M. Alex Smith, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs
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Hansson C, Smith M, Janzen D, Hallwachs W (2015) Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica ZooKeys (485): 1–236
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zookeys.485.9124.sp_35_p_1