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Issue: Vol. 2397 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2397.1.4
Page range: 41–47
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 17

Parameristomerinx copelandi—a new genus and species of Afrotropical Pachygastrinae and a new generic synonym of Dolichodema Kertész (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA, ℅ Smithsonian Institution NHB-168, P O Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Diptera Stratiomyidae Pachygastrinae Parameristomerinx Dolichodema Afrotropical

Abstract

A new genus and species, Parameristomerinx copelandi gen. et sp. n. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Pachygastrinae) is described from material from Kenya. This genus is similar to the Afrotropical genera Meristomerinx Enderlein, 1914 and Meristomeringina James, 1952. A new generic synonym is also proposed, Nemodema Lindner, 1958 = Dolichodema Kertész, 1916, syn. n. A key is included for the six genera related to Meristomerinx.

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