| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Authors: | E. M. Shimbori, Penteado-Dias, A. M., Nunes, J. F. |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 2921 |
| Pagination: | 28-38 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 |
| Keywords: | Atlantic Forest, gall-inducer, key, new species |
| Abstract: | Monitoriella Hedqvist is a phytophagous, gall-inducer Braconidae genus, known only from the New World. Its placement in a higher taxonomic level has been uncertain until recent phylogenetic investigations on cyclostome braconids, which reinforce its position in Doryctinae. Three new species of Monitoriella are described: M. costalimai sp. nov., M. spinata sp. nov., and M. ubatuba sp. nov., all from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Monitoriella anthurii is redescribed and illustrated. A key to all known species is provided. |
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