Description of the species of dicoelothorax ashmead (Chalcidoidea, eucharitidae) and biology of d. platycerus ashmead

Abstract

Descriptions of the adults of the two species of Dicoelothorax Ashmead, D. parviceps and D. platycerus, and the eggs, planidia and pupae of D. platycerus Ashmead are provided. Females of D. platycerus deposit their eggs on the underside of leaves of Pseudabutilon virgatum (Cav.) Fryxell (Malvaceae). The host of D. platycerus is Ectatomma brunneum Smith (Formicidae: Ectatomminae).