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Issue: Vol. 664 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.664.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 20

Pachamama, an uncommon and distinctive new genus of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from tropical America

Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Hymenoptera new genus new species New World tropics Pachamama parasitoid species description taxonomy

Abstract

The new genus Pachamama Owen and Pinto is described from Central and South America. The genus is represented by one new species, P. speciosa. Hosts are unknown.

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