Abstract

GUTIERREZ-RAMIREZ, A.; ROBLES-BERMUDEZ, A.; CAMBERO-CAMPOS, J.  and  CORONADO-BLANCO, J. M.. Meteorus arizonensis Muesebeck, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): new record for Mexico. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.1, pp.123-124. ISSN 2448-8445.

Braconidae is one of the more diverse families of Hymenoptera with almost 20,000 species worldwide. Meteorus has 316 species and is almost cosmopolitan. Previously, seven species of this genus have been recorded from Mexico. In this note, Meteorus arizo-nensis Muesebeck is recorded for the first time for the country, obtained from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), with material from Santa Maria del Oro, locality in the State of Nayarit.