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Issue: Vol. 2762 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2762.1.4
Page range: 49–55
Abstract views: 32
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Description of a new genus, Boucekinus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae), with two new species and a discussion of its placement

Charles University in Prague, Department of Zoology, Viničná 7, 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Charles University in Prague, Department of Zoology, Viničná 7, 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
Hymenoptera Boucekinus masneri Boucekinus tatianae Torymoidini Toryminae Anemopaegma chrysoleucum systematics galls

Abstract

Boucekinus gen. nov. and two new species, B. masneri sp. nov. from Ecuador and B. tatianae sp. nov. from Costa Rica, are described; B. tatianae is designated as the type species. Boucekinus tatianae was reared from cecidomyiid galls on Anemopaegma chrysoleucum (Bignoniaceae) and B. masneri was collected by canopy fogging. The placement of this new genus within Torymidae is discussed.

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