Published August 31, 2022 | Version v1
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Description of a Neotropical gall inducer on Araceae: Arastichus, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and two new species

  • 1. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America
  • 2. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  • 3. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica|Universidad Nacional, Guanacaste, Costa Rica|Avenida Bandeirantes, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

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A new genus of a Neotropical gall inducing tetrastichine eulophid on Araceae is described and confirmed using Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) phylogenomic data. Arastichus Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, gen. nov., includes two new species and one species transferred from Aprostocetus Westwood: A. capipunctata Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov., A. gallicola (Ferrière), comb. nov., and A. gibernau, Gates, Hanson, Jansen-González & Zhang, sp. nov.

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