Melittobia digitata dahms (hymenoptera: eulophidae) y monodontomerus mexicanus gahan (hym.: pteromalidae) on a nest of trypoxylon (trypargilum) mexicanum (saussure) (hym.: crabronidae) collected near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Jorge M. González, Emilio Acosta V, Carlo Sormani, S. Bradleigh Vinson
2010 Acta Zoologica Mexicana  
2010. Melittobia digitata Dahms (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Monodontomerus mexicanus (Gahan) (Hym.: Pteromalidae) on a nest of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) mexicanum (Saussure) (Hym.: Crabronidae) collected near Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.), 26(1): 215-218. ABSTRACT: In a mud-nest built by Trypoxylon mexicanum, collected near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, we recorded the presence of two parasitoids Monodontomerus mexicanus (Pteromalidae) and Melittobia digitata
more » ... , and one ant: Solenopsis geminata (Formicidae). The pteromalid is reported for the first time from Veracruz while the eulophid is reported from Mexico attacking another hymenopteran. The presence of an ant inside an empty cell is possibly just a coincidence.
doi:10.21829/azm.2010.261688 fatcat:7lxnmhzt5fbhdd7lcddms5shbu