Nest description, new parasitoid associations and geographical range of Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) florale Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Abstract

In this work the Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) florale Richards, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) nest is described for the first time and the geographic ranges of Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) florale and Ceyxia latilabra Andrade & Tavares, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) are extended about 500 km NE from the type locality and 2,800 km SE from Manaus (AM) and about 2,200 km S from Lago Verde (MA), respectively, the previously known records. Additionally are provided news data of associations between Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) florale and Ceyxia latilabra and Caenochrysis armata (Mocsáry, 1889) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) based on the examination of exemplars collected at “Sertão do Cacau”, in São Sebastião municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Keywords

• Cenochrysis
• Ceyxia
• Neotropical
• Nesting
• Parasitoids