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Issue: Vol. 1162 No. 1: 30 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1162.1.6
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 19

Review of the systematics of Trachagathis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)

S-225, Dept of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Agric. Sci. Bldg-N., Lexington, KY, 40546, USA
Hymenoptera Elasmopalpus lignosellus taxonomy parasitoid wasp biological control

Abstract

The phylogenetic position of Trachagathis Viereck is discussed. Two new combinations are proposed. Agathis rubricincta Ashmead (1894) and Agathis depressifrons Braet and van Achterberg (2003) are transferred to Trachagathis, Trachagathis rubricincta n. comb. and T. depressifrons n. comb. Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) Pyralidae, the lesser cornstalk borer, is recorded as a host of T. rubricincta.

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