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Issue: Vol. 1061 No. 1: 11 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1061.1.2
Page range: 29–34
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 18

Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. and P.  antiqua James, 1971 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Neotropical ambers

Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, 131 N.S.R.C., MC-637, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Diptera Dominican amber Mexican amber Pachygastrinae

Abstract

We describe Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. from Dominican amber from a female specimen and compare it with the only other amber pachygastrine, P. antiqua James, 1971 from Mexican amber. The two species differ by the shape of the ocellar tubercle and the width of the frons. Comments about differences between the holotype of P. antiqua and the original description are given.

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