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A New Record of a Host-Parasitoid Interaction: Hymenoepimecis veranii Lofredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Parasitizing Araneus orgaos Levi, 1991 (Araneae: Araneidae)

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The genus Hymenoepimecis only occurs in the Neotropics. In some species of this genus, the larval stage modifies the behavior of the spider hosts, inducing then to construct a modified web. The wasp Hymenoepimecis veranii has been previously described as an ectoparasitoid of the spider Araneus omnicolor. This study provides detailed information about the natural history of the host-parasitoid interaction involving this wasp with a new host, the spider Araneus orgaos (Araneae: Araneidae), which occurs sympatrically with A. omnicolor.

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Acknowledgments

We were financially supported by Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia dos Hymenoptera Parasitoides da Região Sudeste Brasileira (HYMPAR/Sudeste—CNPq/FAPESP/CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e tecnológico (CNPq-research grants to JFS and JCMSMS). We thank A.P.S. Loffredo of by confirmation of the wasp species. Also thank to Prefeitura Municipal de Jundiaí and the staff of Base de Estudos de Ecologia e Educação Ambiental da Serra do Japi.

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  1. Instituto de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afrobrasileira - Unilab, Rod. 060, Acarape, CE, Brazil

    Jober Fernando Sobczak

  2. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-brasileira - Unilab, Rod. 060, Redenção, CE, Brazil

    Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura Sobczak

  3. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Yuri Fanchini Messas, Hebert da Silva Souza & João Vasconcellos-Neto

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Sobczak, J.F., Sobczak, J.C.M.S.M., Messas, Y.F. et al. A New Record of a Host-Parasitoid Interaction: Hymenoepimecis veranii Lofredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Parasitizing Araneus orgaos Levi, 1991 (Araneae: Araneidae). J Insect Behav 27, 753–758 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-014-9467-z

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