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A new genus of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with remarkable male genitalia
Author(s) -
HANSSON CHRIS TER
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-3113.1996.tb00598.x
Subject(s) - eulophidae , biology , subfamily , hymenoptera , genus , male genitalia , zoology , botany , parasitoid , biochemistry , gene
. A new genus of the subfamily Entedoninae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae), Perditomlus , is described. Male genitalia in species of this genus display extraordinary morphological differences to an extent which is unique in the Chalcidoidea, and the utility of this character and of male antenna in species identification is demonstrated. The value of male genitalia in chalcid systematics is discussed, and a possible reason for the exceptional development in Perditomlus is considered. Perditomlus includes thirty‐three species, unless otherwise stated from Mexico: abruptus, angustatus, avirostris, bidenticulatus, bifidus, bilobus, calcaratus, crassiscapus, evanescens, falcispinus, faretus, flexilis, geniculates, grandiculus, hastatus, insternatus, languidiscapus, longiparameratus, magnicaulis, mucronatus, parameratulus, penicillatus (Mexico, U.S.A., Canada), pilosus, pinguiscapus (U.S.A.), planiscapus, porcodon, punctiscapus, sinuiscapus, trispinus. unispinus, verticillatus, woolleyi (Mexico, U.S.A.), and zolnerowichi. Perditomlus is considered most closely related to Omphale Haliday.