The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) [PDF]
A new species of the scelionine genus Macroteleia Westwood (Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in middle Miocene amber from Peru. Macroteleia yaguarum Perrichot & Engel, sp.
Michael S Engel +2 more
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A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) [PDF]
The genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Scelionidae: Scelioninae) is known only from the Old World: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Madagascar, southern India, the island of New Guinea, and eastern Australia. After revision, 10 species are recognized. Four
Johanna Schwartz +2 more
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Abundance, not diversity, of host beetle communities determines abundance and diversity of parasitoids in deadwood. [PDF]
We investigated saproxylic beetles and parasitoid Hymenoptera reared from experimentally felled trees. We show that host diversity must not mandatory promote parasitoid diversity (pictures were used after the Creative Commons license (CC BY‐SA‐2.0 and CC BY‐3.0); copyright by U. Schmidt and M.A. Broussard).
Vogel S +5 more
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Systematics of Scelioninae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea): new synonymy, distribution, and species [PDF]
The genera Doddiella Kieffer, 1913 and Aratala Dodd, 1927 are treated as junior synonyms of of Aneuroscelio Kieffer, 1913 following study of the rediscovered holotype of the type species Aneuroscelio rufipes Kieffer, 1913 (syn. nov.).
Norman F. Johnson +2 more
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World species of the genus Platyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) [PDF]
The genus Platyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae) is a widespread group in the Old World, found from West Africa to northern Queensland, Australia. The species concepts are revised and a key to world species is presented. The genus
Charuwat Taekul +4 more
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Revision of the world species of the genus Habroteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae) [PDF]
The genus Habroteleia Kieffer is revised. Seven species are recognized, three are redescribed: H. flavipes Kieffer, H. persimilis (Kozlov & Kononova), H. ruficoxa (Kieffer); and four species are described as new: H.
Hua-yan Chen +3 more
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The genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s. l., Scelioninae) from China [PDF]
The genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s. l., Scelioninae) from China is revised. Seventeen species are recognized based on 502 specimens, all of which are new records for China. Seven new species are described: M. carinigena sp. n. (
Chen Huayan +3 more
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Redescription and revision of the Neotropical genus Pseudoheptascelio Szabó (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae), parasitoids of eggs of short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) [PDF]
The genus Pseudoheptascelio Szabó is redescribed and its species revised. We recognize four species: P. muesebecki Szabó, P. cornopis Masner, P. tico sp. n. and P. rex sp. n. The genus is found from Guatemala south to the Brazilian state of
Norman Johnson, Luciana Musetti
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Revision of the World species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae) [PDF]
The genus Chromoteleia Ashmead is revised. Twenty-seven species are recognized, of which six species are redescribed: C. congoana (Risbec), C. connectens Kieffer, C. fuscicornis Kieffer, C. longitarsis Kieffer, C. semicyanea Ashmead, C.
Hua-yan Chen +4 more
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New World species of the genus Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae) [PDF]
The genus Calliscelio Ashmead is presumed to be a diverse group of parasitoids of the eggs of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). A least one species has been found to be an important factor in depressing cricket pest populations.
Hua-yan Chen +2 more
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