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A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada

Jeyaraney Kathirithamby Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, U.K.
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 East Peabody Drive (MC-652), Champaign IL 61820-6970 U.S.A.
Strepsiptera Halictophagus Texas USA Canada

Abstract

A new species of Halictophagidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera), Halictophagus forthoodiensis Kathirithamby & Taylor, is described from Texas, USA. We also present a key to 5 families, and a check-list of 11 genera and 84 species of Strepsiptera known from USA and Canada.

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