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Neotropical Species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) Parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera, Coccidae): New Species, Interaction Records, and a Checklist

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Parasitoids of Ceroplastes Gray were surveyed in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Among the parasitoids reared, seven species of Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) were obtained. Metaphycusanaluciaesp. nov., M. floridensissp. nov., and M. grandissp. nov., are described as new species, and M. ceros Noyes, M. comes Noyes, M. dardanus Noyes, M. opis Noyes are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Ten new host-parasitoid associations are reported: M. analuciaesp. nov. parasitizing C. formicarius Hempel, C. glomeratus Peronti and C. iheringi Cockerel; M. ceros parasitizing C. cirripediformis Comstock; M. comes parasitizing C. formicarius; M. dardanus parasitizing C. glomeratus; M. floridensissp. nov. parasitizing C. floridensis; M. grandissp. nov. parasitizing C. grandis Hempel; and M. opis parasitizing C. glomeratus and C. janeirensis (Gray). A checklist of Metaphycus species associated with Ceroplastes, their distribution and host ranges are summarized and discussed.

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The authors thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo (FAPES) for the financial support (MTT and MEVS); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia - Himenópteros Parasitoides (INCT-HYMPAR) supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Proc. no. 465562/2014-0), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) (Proc. no. 2014/50940-2), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the fellowship to ADM (Proc. no. 88887.142022/2017-00) and to MEVS (Proc. no. 1702180). Thanks also to anonymous reviewers for their input in early versions of this article.

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  1. Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, 29.075–910, Vitória, ES, Brasil

    M T Tavares & A Dal Molin

  2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Univ Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brasil

    M E V Santos

  3. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, Univ Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, Brasil

    A L B G Peronti

  4. In memoriam. Depto de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Univ Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brasil

    C R Sousa-Silva

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ALBGP and CRSS planed, designed, and executed experimental work; ALBGP identified the species of Ceroplastes; MTT and MEVS identified and described the Metaphycus species; MEVS produced the illustrations and plates; MTT, MEVS, ADM, and ALBGP wrote the manuscript; MTT and ADM compiled the checklist of Metaphycus species recorded as parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Table 1); ADM prepared the supplementary files (morphology and material data sheets) and revised the English version of the manuscript.

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Tavares, M.T., Santos, M.E.V., Dal Molin, A. et al. Neotropical Species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) Parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera, Coccidae): New Species, Interaction Records, and a Checklist. Neotrop Entomol 48, 633–644 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00676-7

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