Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae).

ABSTRACT: The European species of Omphale Haliday (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are revised. The revision includes 37 species, of which eleven are newly described and the remaining 26 species are redescribed. The species are classified into six species groups, with six unplaced species. All species are fully diagnosed and thoroughly illustrated. Identification keys are provided for females and males. Two new morphological features to aid classification and identification are introduced: male genitalia and wing interference patterns (WIPs). The former has been used successfully in the classification of New World Omphale and the latter is used for the first time in a taxonomic revision. Male genitalia in Omphale have considerable interspecific variation, an unusual trait among chalcidoid Hymenoptera, and

SUBMITTER: Hansson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3494065 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature