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Issue: Vol. 3900 No. 2: 22 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.2.9
Page range: 287–293
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Caenophanes Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) for America north of Mexico with a description of a new species from Wyoming USA 

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (3354), 1000 University Avenue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 U.S.A.
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Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (3354), 1000 University Avenue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 U.S.A.
distribution parasitoid wasps taxonomy New World Nearctic

Abstract

The first species of Caenophanes Foerster recorded from America north of Mexico is described: Caenophanes harlowi Haimowitz and Marsh, and a key to distinguish the two described New World species is provided. We discuss evidence that suggests that Caenophanes is likely to have cosmopolitan distribution and may be more common than might be anticipated from the current number of described species.