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(Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) De La Región Neotropical Biota Colombiana, Vol Biota Colombiana ISSN: 0124-5376 [email protected] Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos "Alexander von Humboldt" Colombia Arias, Diana C.; Delvare, Gerard Lista de los géneros y especies de la familia Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) de la región Neotropical Biota Colombiana, vol. 4, núm. 2, diciembre, 2003, pp. 123- 145 Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos "Alexander von Humboldt" Bogotá, Colombia Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49140201 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto Biota Colombiana 4 (2) 123 - 145, 2003 Lista de los géneros y especies de la familia Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) de la región Neotropical Diana C. Arias1 y Gerard Delvare2 1 Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos “Alexander von Humboldt”, AA 8693, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. [email protected], [email protected] 2 Departamento de Faunística y Taxonomía del CIRAD, Montpellier, Francia. [email protected] Palabras Clave: Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae, Parasitoide, Avispas Patonas, Neotrópico El orden Hymenoptera se ha dividido tradicional- La superfamilia Chalcidoidea se caracteriza por presentar mente en dos subórdenes “Symphyta” y Apocrita, este úl- en el ala anterior una venación reducida, tan solo están timo a su vez dividido en dos grupos con categoría de sec- presentes la vena submarginal, la vena marginal, la vena ción o infraorden dependiendo de los autores, denomina- estigmal y la vena postmarginal. Adicionalmente el pronoto dos “Parasitica” o también conocidos como Terebrantes y no se extiende hasta la tégula debido a que el prepecto Aculeata (Gauld & Bolton 1988). Gauld & Hanson (1995) (esclerito, en forma de sillín o herradura) se extiende hasta abandonan esta clasificación reconociendo únicamente la tégula y separa el mesopleurón del pronoto. Otra caracte- superfamilias dentro del orden. Sin embargo muchos auto- rística de este superfamilia es la presencia de un espiráculo res siguen utilizando la división tradicional porque consi- mesotorácico visible, además algunos especimenes presen- deran que es un medio práctico para separar grandes gru- tan estructuras sensoriales en uno o más de los pos de Hymenoptera en el aspecto biológico. flagelómeros. Finalmente algunas familias exhiben coloraciones metálicas (Gibson 1993). Los Hymenoptera “Parasitica” son el grupo de mayor ri- Familia Chalcididae queza dentro del orden, con el 50% o quizás más de las especies descritas (LaSalle & Gauld 1993). Las especies de La familia Chalcididae, se encuentra ampliamente distribuida, este grupo son de gran importancia en programas de con- presentando una mayor diversidad en tierras bajas de áreas trol biológico debido a que regulan las poblaciones de otros tropicales (Delvare 1995). A escala mundial se han descrito 86 insectos que son considerados plagas principalmente en géneros y 1743 especies (Noyes 2002), mientras que para el cultivos de importancia económica. Además son especies Neotrópico se reportan 23 géneros y 400 especies. claves porque ayudan al mantenimiento de la diversidad de otras especies (LaSalle 1993). Los Chalcididae son parasitoides primarios o hiperparasitoides de pupas jóvenes de Lepidoptera y de larvas maduras de Dentro del grupo Hymenoptera “Parasítica” la segunda Diptera, aunque algunas especies también parasitan superfamilia más grande es Chalcidoidea, que está confor- Hymenoptera o Coleoptera (Delvare 1995). Además se ca- mada en su mayoría por especies parasitoides, de las cua- racterizan por poseer una coloración que va desde negra a les unas pocas son fitófagas, algunas son depredadoras de marrón, enteramente amarilla o roja; hasta especies con estados inmaduros de otros insectos y una mínima canti- coloración metálica. La cabeza y el mesosoma tienen la cu- dad atacan adultos de 12 órdenes de insectos, de dos órde- tícula dura y usualmente algunas partes poseen grabados nes de Arachnida (Araneae y Acari) y de una familia de ásperos; la antena se inserta por arriba o por abajo de la Nematoda (Anguinidae). El rango taxonómico de los hos- margen ventral del ojo y presenta entre cinco a siete pederos utilizados por los Chalcidoidea es comparable con flagelómeros; el prepecto es pequeño y difícil de distinguir; las especies que son parasitadas por todo el grupo de el metafémur es largo, ensanchado y comprimido y la parte Hymenoptera “Parasítica” (Gibson 1993). ventral es serrada o dentada al menos hasta una tercera 124- Chalcididae de la región Neotropical Arias & Delvare parte del borde distal, y la metatibia es curva (Delvare 1995). Brachymeriini: con dos géneros Brachymeria Comúnmente son conocidas como avispas patonas, debi- y Caenobrachymeria (Boucek, 1992). do a la modificación que presenta el fémur y la tibia de la Chalcidini: con seis géneros: Chalcis, pata posterior, modificaciones aparentemente utilizadas por Melanosmicra, Stenosmicra, Conura, las hembras para manipular al hospedero durante la Corumbichalcis y Pilismicra (Boucek 1992). oviposición (Gibson 1993). Los miembros de esta tribu son los más comu- nes y diversos en el Neotrópico y varias espe- Taxonomía y Sistemática cies han sido criadas por su importancia eco- nómica al ser controladoras de plagas de culti- La familia Chalcididae está conformada por cuatro vos (Delvare 1995). subfamilias: Haltichellinae, Dirhininae, Epitraninae y Cratocentrini: con un solo género Neotropical Chalcidinae (Boucek 1992), cuyas características Acanthochalcis (Boucek 1992). morfológicas se describen a continuación: Phasgonophorini: con tres géneros: Trigonura, Stypiura y Parastypiura (Boucek 1992). Haltichellinae: esta subfamilia es de distribución cosmopolita y se caracteriza por presentar el ápice Boucek (1988) reconoce cinco subfamilias para Chalcididae: de la tibia posterior romo, generalmente con dos Epitraninae, Dirhininae, Chalcidinae, Haltichellinae y espolones apicales; la parte inferior del fémur pos- Smicromorphinae y ubica a Brachymeriinae como una tribu terior presenta dentículos densos y pequeños. En de Chalcidinae. Mientras que Wijesekara (1997a) basado el Neotrópico se reportan tres tribus y nueve géne- en el análisis cladístico de 24 géneros propone que ros así: Chalcidinae es parafilético con respecto a las demás Haltichellini: con cinco géneros Hockeria, subfamilias y clasifica a los Smicromorphinae en Anthrocephalus, Haltichella, Aspirrhina y Chaldininae, los Epitraninae en Dirhininae y reconoce a Ecuada Cratocentrinae y Brachymeriinae como subfamilias. Por Hybothoracini: con tres géneros: Psilochalcis, otro lado Gibson (1993) sugiere que Chalcididae es Notaspidium y Halsteadium parafilético con respecto a Leucospidae porque la fami- Zavoyini: con un género, Zavoya. lia está definida por una combinación de caracteres Dirhininae: esta subfamilia es de distribución cos- apomórficos que también tienen los Leucospidae y por mopolita y se caracteriza por presentar en la parte caracteres plesiomórficos que los diferencian de los dorsal de la cabeza y en cada ojo una proyección a Leucospidae. manera de cuerno; la parte dorsal del peciolo pre- senta estrías y los especímenes exhiben Otros trabajos han sido realizados por Boucek (1988) quien coloraciones metálicas. En el Neotrópico se repor- presenta claves para las subfamilias de la región de ta el género Dirhinus (Boucek 1992). Australasia y un catálogo y claves para los géneros de otras regiones. Mientras que Delvare (1995) ofrece claves Epitraninae: esta subfamilia está restringida al con- para el reconocimiento de tribus presentes en Costa Rica. tinente africano, Sudeste Asiático y Australia. Se Adicionalmente Wijesekara (1997b) analiza la filogenia de caracteriza por presentar la inserción de la antena Cratocentrini y Phasgonophorini, mientras que Delvare en la parte posterior de la cara inferior y la base del (1988, 1992) analiza la filogenia de Chalcidini para el clípeo posee una proyección sobre la boca. Las Neotrópico. Así mismo Steffan (1973) ofrece una revisión especies que se han reportado en el Neotrópico al de los géneros Stypiura y Parastypiura para la región parecer fueron introducidas de algunos países Neotropical y Halstead (1990a; 1990b) revisa para la re- paleotropicales (África y Asia). Esta subfamilia con- gión Neártica los géneros Haltichella y Hockeria. tiene un género, Epitranus (Boucek 1992). Boucek (1992) revisó los géneros de la familia para el Neotrópico y Delvare (1992) los grupos de especies y Chalcidinae: se caracteriza por presentar la inser- especies de Chalcidini del Neotrópico. De Santis (1979, ción de la antena en la parte anterior de la cara 1983, 1989) y De Santis & Fidalgo (1994) ofrecen el catálogo inferior; el ala anterior tiene la vena marginal corta para la superfamilia Chalcidoidea a escala Neotropical y la vena postmarginal desarrollada (Boucek 1992). (América al sur de los Estados Unidos) incluida la fami- En el Neotrópico Chalcidinae contiene cuatro tri- lia Chalcididae. bus y 12 géneros así: Biota Colombiana 4 (2), 2003 Arias & Delvare Chalcididae of the Neotropical region -125 Checklist of the genera and species of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) present in the Neotropical Region Diana C. Arias and Gerard Delvare Key Words: Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae, Parasitoids,
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