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Issue: Vol. 1237 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1237.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 23

The description of Moritiella Buffington, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)

Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA Present address: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington DC 20013, USA
Hymenoptera Moritiella Zaeucoila group Eucoilinae Figitidae Cynipoidea new species new genus

Abstract

The genus Moritiella Buffington, n. gen., is described, diagnosed and illustrated (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae). Two species new to science are described: M. elegans n. sp. and M. astrudae n. sp. Phylogenetic evidence suggests Moritiella is among the Zaeucoila group of genera, a group of eucoilines chiefly parasitic upon leaf-mining Agromyzidae (Diptera).

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