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Issue: Vol. 526 No. 1: 26 May. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.526.1.1
Page range: 1–11
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 6

Review of the microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza, with description of a new species, E. monocavus, from Central America

Central American Institute of Biological Research and Conservation (CIBRC). P.O. Box 2398-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
Hymenoptera Broconidae Exoryza new species New World tropics

Abstract

A new species of the rarely collected microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza Mason, E. monocavus n. sp., is described and illustrated. With this finding, the geographical range for the genus is extended to Central America in the New World, from a previous known distribution including only North America (E. minnesota Mason) and Asia (E. schoenobiii (Wilkinson)). The two previously described species are redescribed, and an illustrated key for all three species is presented.

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