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Orwellium, a new Valdivian genus of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera)

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  • 1. Department of Entomology, Th e Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, U.S.A.
  • 2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada

Description

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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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:804417F5-E0B7-462D-9036-35EB89A9AC68
LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FF840331C930FF8DFFFAB626FFF5FFE1
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http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF840331C930FF8DFFFAB626FFF5FFE1

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Has part
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3791372 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD7B49C933FF8AFF76B46AFBBDFF05 (URL)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3772075 (DOI)
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Dataset: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/e4cde658-ed27-42c9-89da-cda249c3c184 (URL)

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