Axima nordestina (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a new stalk-eyed wasp from Brazilian savannah

Stalk-eyed wasps--review of a largely unnoticed group of morphologically bizarre chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae: Axima) .

Axima Walker is a small genus of Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) exclusive to the Western Hemisphere. Some species are distinctive in having stalked eyes and Axima sidi, sp. n. is described as the third stalk-eyed species based on a single female from Colombia. A key to facilitate species identification of stalk-eyed Axima is included. The only species of Axima for which host biology is...

Stalk-eyed flies

success because in this highly competitive business, many males’ bowers are rarely visited by females. The researchers assessed the quality of the bowers in terms of the density and thickness of the sticks used in its construction and also its symmetry. They also checked the decorations on display and grouped them into five categories: artificial and yellow, brown, blue and white natural. The b...

Epipona media cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a social wasp new to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

An occupied nest of Epipona media Cooper was discovered and collected in a cabruca (cocoa plantation with native tree cover). This is the first record of E. media from Bahia State. We described the nest structure and compared the adults with the closely related species Epipona tatua Cuvier.

A new species of eurytoma illiger (hymenoptera: eurytomidae) parasitic on eulecanium rugulosum arch.(homoptera: coccidae) from iran

Karyotypic diversity in the subfamily Eurytominae (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae).

New data on the karyotype structure of five species of the subfamily Eurytominae are described, including the following species: Eurytoma rosae (2n = 20), E. robusta (n =7, 2n = 14), E. serratulae (n = 6, 2n = 12), E. compressa (2n = 10) and Sycophila biguttata (2n = 18). 2n = 10, 12 and 14 are reported for the first time for the Eurytominae, in which only 2n = 20 and 18 have been previously fo...