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Issue: Vol. 320 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.320.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 23

A new platygastrid wasp from Florida (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)

Research Associate, Mississippi Entomology Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, 32614, USA
Hymenoptera Platygastridae Synopeadini Synopeas russelli new species Florida

Abstract

Synopeas russelli MacGown, n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Orlando, Florida. Numerous specimens of both sexes were collected in a malaise trap and others swept from coastalplain goldenaster, Chrysopsis scabrella, an indicator species for Florida scrub.

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