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(Fig. 1 a-b) only in bell pepper crops (Cap-
sicum annuum L. var. annuum, Solanaceae).
This species is only known in Panama. This is
the first record of this parasitoid wasp in the
Province of La Pampa in the Chaco Biogeo-
graphical Region, Argentina. Platygastroid
sample measurements and photographs were
taken with a Leica DFC290 digital camera at-
tached to a Leica S8APO stereomicroscope.
Parasitoids were identified using taxonomic
keys to the species (Buhl, 2011) and original
species description (Buhl, 2002). Entomo-
logical materials (20
ÿÿ
, 22-iv-2015, Aquino
& Gallardo colls.) were housed in the collec-
tion of the Entomology Division, Museo de
La Plata (MLP, for its abbreviation in Span-
ish), Argentina.
Loiácono et al. (2002) emphasize the
need of performing further studies on the bi-
odiversity of platygastrids in the Neotropical
Region, particularly in Argentina, being the
third species of Inostemma recorded in the
country. This information will allow a better
taxonomic knowledge of native parasitoid
species and parasitoid-host associations.
ACKNO W LEDGEM E NTS
Thanks are due to Secretaría de Ciencia
y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
(UNLP, for its abbreviation in Spanish) and
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científi-
cas y Técnicas (CONICET, for its acronym in
Spanish) for providing financial support.
FUNDI N G
Thanks are due to Secretaría de Ciencia
y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
(UNLP, for its abbreviation in Spanish) and
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científi-
cas y Técnicas (CONICET, for its acronym in
Spanish) for providing financial support.
PARTI C IPATIO N
Cecilia Margaría: identification of sam-
ples of Platygastroidea, preparation of manu-
script. Peter Neerup Buhl: identification of
samples of Platygastroidea. Daniel Alejan-
dro Aquino: monitoring, identification and
photography of Platygastroidea samples. E.
Mónica Ricci: supervision, preparation of
manuscript, monitoring and species identi-
fication.
CONFL I CTS OF I NTERES T
To the best of our knowledge there are
not conflict of interest among the authors or
with third parties.
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