Abstract
Diagnoses of the female, pupa, and larva of Gynocladius n. gen. are given. Gynocladius scalpellosus sp. n. from Brazil is described from the female, pupa, and larva. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis places the genus as the sister group of Hanocladius Wang and Sæther from China and intermediate between Antillocladius Sæther and Compterosmittia Sæther. The females are apparently parthenogenetic.References
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