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Issue: Vol. 3626 No. 4: 15 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.12
Page range: 583–588
Abstract views: 56
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Charmon ramagei sp. nov., a new Charmontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Reunion, with a synopsis of world species

Iziko South African Museum, Natural History Department, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, Sth Africa / Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, Sth Africa
Hymenoptera Parasitic wasps koinobiont endoparasitoids hot spot volcanic island Indian Ocean

Abstract

Charmon ramagei sp. nov. is described from Reunion. The small subfamily Charmontinae now comprises nine extant and one fossil species. This new species is readily distinguishable from other Charmon spp. due to the presence of a Y-shaped mid-longitudinal propodeal carina. The key to the world species of the subfamily is updated, and a synoptic table provided to compare their critical morphological features.

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