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Issue: Vol. 4444 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.5
Page range: 73–91
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

The species of Psomizopelma Gibson (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae)

Honorary Research Associate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1A 0C6.
Hymenoptera Nearctic Neotropical brachyptery

Abstract

The species of the New World genus Psomizopelma Gibson (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae: Eupelminae) are revised. Five species are recognized, including one species with macropterous females, P. macropterum n. sp. (♀: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Trinidad), and four species with brachypterous females, P. albiclava n. sp. (♀ ♂: Brazil), P. brachypterum Gibson, 1995 (♀ ♂: USA, Florida), P. fuscum n. sp. (♀: Dominican Republic), and P. metallicum n. sp. (♀: USA, Florida). The species are illustrated through macrophotography and keyed.

 

References

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    Gibson, G.A.P. (2016) Revision of the Neotropical genus Macreupelmus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae). Zootaxa, 4161 (1), 81–115.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.3

    Gibson, G.A.P. (2017) Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a checklist of world species and a revision of those species with brachypterous females. Zootaxa, 4255 (1), 1–65.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4255.1.1