Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in the mountain localities of Miquihuana and Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with description of a new species of encarsia

Abstract

Twenty species of parasitoid wasps of the family Aphelinidae were collected in mountain localities of the municipalities of Miquihuana and Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. This is compared with the fauna of Aphelinidae present in the urban area of Ciudad Victoria. A new species, Encarsia santaelenae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), collected in Rancho Santa Elena, Victoria, is described and illustrated.