Open AccessOrwellium, a new Valdivian genus of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera)
Author(s) -
Norman F. Johnson,
Lubomír Masner,
Luciana Musetti
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zookeys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1313-2989
pISSN - 1313-2970
DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.20.204
Subject(s) - subfamily , hymenoptera , sensu , genus , zoology , biology , key (lock) , taxonomy (biology) , sister group , ecology , clade , phylogenetics , biochemistry , gene
Orwellium enigmaticum is described as a new genus and species. This species is endemic to the Valdivian forests of Chile. The genus is hypothesized to be the sister-group of the subfamily Platygastrinae sensu lato (i.e., including both Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae)
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