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Platyplectrus kiambuensis Yefremova & Copeland 2023, comb. nov.
Creators
- 1. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel
- 2. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, and Department of Entomology, U. S National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C
Description
6. Platyplectrus kiambuensis (Ferrière, 1941), comb. nov.
Figs 24–26
Euplectromorpha kiambuensis Ferrière, 1941: 27.
Euplectromorpha kiambuensis. Kenya colony: Kiambu, 10 ♀, v.1930 ex. Tortrix dinota (R.H. LePelley (NHMUK, 013457195, Electronic examination, antennae in type broken).
Diagnosis. Pronotum without carina. Occipital and postoccipital carinae present. Scutellum shagreened. Propodeum smooth with median carina. Eyes strongly setose. Vertex with numerous setae. Petiole short. Face, clypeus and genae black. Legs yellow, hind coxae brown, femora brown. Body size 1.7–1.9 mm.
Host. Tortrix dinota (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) (Ferrière, 1941).
Distribution. Kenya.
Notes
Published as part of Yefremova, Zoya A. & Copeland, Robert S., 2023, African Platyplectrus Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Kenya, with description of nine new species, pp. 355-384 in Zootaxa 5360 (3) on page 365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10088533
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMUK
- Family
- Eulophidae
- Genus
- Platyplectrus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Yefremova & Copeland
- Species
- kiambuensis
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platyplectrus kiambuensis (Ferriere, 1941) sec. Yefremova & Copeland, 2023
References
- Ferriere, C. (1941) New species of Euplectrini (Hym. Chalcidoidea) from Europe, Africa and Asia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 32 (1), 17 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300005198