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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW TAXA IN THE THORONINI (HYMENOPTERA, PROCTOTRUPOIDEA, SCELIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Lubomir Masner
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
Lars Huggert
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Umea, S–901 87, Umea, Sweden

Abstract

A generic diagnosis of Microthoron Masner is completed, and the male antenna is figured. Data on distribution and variability of M. baeoides Masner are presented. M. miricornis n. sp. ♀ is described from South India. A key to the known species of Microthoron is given. Thoronidea taino n. gen., n. sp. ♀ is described from the Dominican Republic. Thoron longicornis n. sp. ♀ is described from Arizona, and a key to the known species of Thoron Haliday is given.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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