Khalaim A.I.1,2, Figueroa de la Rosa J.I.3, Martínez-Castillo A.M.3, Pineda-Guillermo S.3,   Ruíz-Cancino E.1 2013. Contribution to the study of Mexican species of Oedemopsis Tschek, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.22. No.4: 297–300 [in English].

1 División de Estudios de Postgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, 87149 Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México.

2 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; e-mail: ptera@mail.ru

3 Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México.

KEY WORDS: Michoacán, Mexico, new records, host, Oedemopsini, Tryphoninae.

ABSTRACT. Two tryphonine species of the tribe Oedemopsini, Oedemopsis dentipara Gauld and O. riyitoi Gauld, are reported from the State of Michoacán in central Mexico. Oedemopsis riyitoi is recorded from Mexico for the first time. Both species were reared from vegetative buds of blackberry plants containing two leafroller species, Argyrotaenia sp. and Amorbia sp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Colour photos of these two species of Oedemopsis are given for the first time.

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