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Rev Rev. Nica. Ent., (1993) 24:51-53. PRIMER REPORTE DEL ORDEN STREPSIPTERA EN NICARAGUA. Por Jean-Michel MAES* & Jeyaraney KATHIRITHAMBY.** RESUMEN Se reporta por primera vez el órden Strepsiptera de Nicaragua : Elenchus koebelei PIERCE, 1908 (Elenchidae); Stichotrema backeri (OLIVEIRA & KOGAN, 1959) (Myrmecolacidae) y Caenocholax fenyesi PIERCE, 1909 (Myrmecolacidae). ABSTRACT The Strepsiptera are reported for first time from Nicaragua : Elenchus koebelei PIERCE, 1908 (Elenchidae); Stichotrema backeri (OLIVEIRA & KOGAN, 1959) (Myrmecolacidae) y Caenocholax fenyesi PIERCE, 1909 (Myrmecolacidae). file:///C|/My%20Documents/REVISTA/REV%2024/24%20Strepsiptera.htm (1 of 3) [10/11/2002 07:14:40 p.m.] Rev * Museo Entomológico, S.E.A., A.P. 527, León, Nicaragua. ** Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Great Britain. INTRODUCCION. En el transcurso del estudio de la fauna entomológica de Nicaragua, iniciado en 1984, se recogieron algunos Strepsiptera. Este órden de pequeños insectos parásitos no había sido reportado para Nicaragua. En este trabajo se presentan dos familias y tres especies de Strepsiptera. Los Strepsiptera forman un órden de insectos muy característicos, presentan alas posteriores membranosas y alas anteriores extremadamente reducidas. Presentan un dimorfismo muy fuerte, los machos son alados y las hembras son ápteras y a veces ápodas. Son parasitoides de muchos grupos de insectos, principalmente Hymenoptera Aculeata, Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha y Orthopteroida. FAMILIA MYRMECOLACIDAE. Caenocholax fenyesi PIERCE, 1909. Distribución : USA, Nicaragua (Matagalpa), Suramérica. Colectado en trampa lumínica. Machos parasitoide de HYM. Formicidae : Solenopsis invicta. Hembras parasitoides de Orthopteroida. Stichotrema backeri (OLIVEIRA & KOGAN, 1959). Distribución : Nicaragua (Nueva Segovia), Suramérica. Colectado en trampa luminica. Machos parasitoide de Hymenoptera Formicidae. Hembras parasitoide de Orthopteroida. FAMILIA ELENCHIDAE. Elenchus koebelei PIERCE, 1908. Distribución : Nicaragua (León), Galápagos, Suramérica. Colectado sobre frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) y sandía (Citrullus lanatus). Parasitoide de Homoptera : Delphacidae : Nesosydne olipor. Nesosydne alcmaeon. file:///C|/My%20Documents/REVISTA/REV%2024/24%20Strepsiptera.htm (2 of 3) [10/11/2002 07:14:40 p.m.] Rev BIBLIOGRAFIA ABEDRABBO S., KATHIRITHAMBY J. & OLMI M. (1990) Contribution to the knowledge of the Elenchidae (Strepsiptera) and Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Galapagos Islands. Boll. Ist. Ent. "G. Grandi" Univ. Bologna, 45:121-128. KATHIRITHAMBY J. (1989) Review of the order Strepsiptera. Syst. Entomol., 14:41-92. file:///C|/My%20Documents/REVISTA/REV%2024/24%20Strepsiptera.htm (3 of 3) [10/11/2002 07:14:40 p.m.].

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