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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 3: 6 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.3.7
Page range: 431-438
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coneucoela Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae), with the description of a new species

División Entomología. Museo de La Plata; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n; B1900FWA; La Plata; Argentina.; Postdoctoral Researcher of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. La Plata; Buenos Aires; Argentina.
Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia – DBEZ; Centro de Biociências – CB; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). BR 101; Lagoa Nova; Campus Universitário; 59078-900; Natal; RN; Brazil.
División Entomología. Museo de La Plata; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n; B1900FWA; La Plata; Argentina.; Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA); Argentina.
Hymenoptera Argentine and Brazilian diversity Atlantic Forest monotypic genus break redescription parasitoid wasps

Abstract

Herein the monotypic genus Coneucoela Kieffer is reviewed, including the redescription of its type species, C. brasiliensis Kieffer, based on the lectotype and collected specimens from Argentina and Brazil. In addition, a new species from South America is described and illustrated, Coneucoela priscilae sp. nov., which represents the first record of the genus in Argentina. Finally, an identification key to known species of Coneucoela is given.

 

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How to Cite

Reche, V.A., Cipola, N.G. & Gallardo, F.E. (2025) Taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coneucoela Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5673 (3), 431–438. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.3.7