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Image of Euplectrus testaceipes (Cameron 1904)

Image of Euplectrus testaceipes (Cameron 1904)

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Figures 5–8.Euplectrus spp.: 5 freshly killed (by freezing) adult Euplectrus paulheberti on an author’s hand (DHJ), newly eclosed from cocoons below the cadaver of Aellopos clavipes (Sphingidae) (13-SRNP-10107) 6 two female Euplectrus testaceipes exploring a penultimate instar Manduca barnesi (Sphingidae) (94-SRNP-4497) for oviposition in the field; they were extremely tenacious in staying mounted on the caterpillar through hours of strong buffeting in a plastic bag on the author’s belt (DHJ) 7 early instar Euplectrus testaceipes where oviposited on the back of a last instar Manduca albiplaga (Sphingidae) (08-SRNP-16395) 8 middle instar Euplectrus testaceipes growing on the back of a penultimate instar Manduca albiplaga (Sphingidae) (08-SRNP-16396).

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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_69_p_1