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A new genus of apterous scelionid from Lord Howe Island (Hymenoptera; Scelionidae)
Author(s) -
AUSTIN A. D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00509.x
Subject(s) - biology , genus , apex (geometry) , scelionidae , hymenoptera , zoology , anatomy , parasitoid
.Psyllobaeus pecki gen. and sp.n., is described from Lord Howe Island, Australia. This genus is unique in the Baeini in that both sexes (not just the female) are apterous, have a sessile metasoma and have a pair of long spines on the apex of the hind femur. The relationships of Psyllobaeus and its biology are discussed.