Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Biroia borealis Szepligeti, NEW COMBINATION

Description

Biroia borealis (Szépligeti) NEW COMBINATION Male.

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Cremnops borealis (Szépligeti). Faringer 1937. Megagathis borealis Szépligeti 1914.

Comments. Previously moved to the genus Cremnops by Fahringer (1937), the holotype belongs in the genus Biroia. The specimen lacks notauli. The holotype is now labeled " Biroia borealis ".

Material Examined. HOLOTYPE: Cremnops borealis, male, Tripolis, Quendenfeldt S. (ZMHB).

Notes

Published as part of Tucker, Erika M. & Sharkey, Michael J., 2015, Spring-cleaning of African agathidines: new combinations for five species previously placed in Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 133-138 in Zootaxa 3946 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/244789

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Szepligeti
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Biroia
Species
borealis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.

References

  • Fahringer, J. (1937) Opuscula braconologica. Band 4. Palaearktische region. Lieferung 4 - 6, Opuscula braconologica. Fritz Wagner, Wein, 257 - 520 pp.