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Caenocrepis Thomson

Description

Caenocrepis Thomson

Dimachus (Caenocrepis) Thomson, 1878: 51; type species: Dimachus (Caenocrepis) arenicola Thomson, 1878, by monotypy. Caenocrepis Thomson: Dalla Torre, 1898: 87 (new status, valid genus); Bouček, 1958: 398 (valid genus).

Diagnosis. Caenocrepis is separated from other genera of Pteromalinae by a deeply incised clypeus, with two more or less developed lobes, in combination with a short marginal vein, usually distinctly shorter than both the stigmal and the postmarginal veins. Other characters include antennal formula 11263, pronotum dorsally rounded, notauli incomplete, fore wings sometimes with brownish spots, and metasoma sessile.

Notes

Published as part of Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2012, The genus Caenocrepis Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in the Afrotropical region, with a key to world species, pp. 49-55 in Zootaxa 3557 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212862

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pteromalidae
Genus
Caenocrepis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Thomson
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Thomson, C. G. (1878) Hymenoptera Scandinaviae 5. Pteromalus (Svederus) continuatio, Lund, 307 pp.
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von (1898) Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae, Lepzig, 598 pp.
  • Boucek, Z. (1958) To the taxonomy of Schizonotus and Caenocrepis - parasites of economic importance - with notes, and some new synonymy in Pteromalidae and Eurytomidae (Hym.), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 32, 395 - 404.