Redescription of Chrysoctonus and description of Chrysoctonoides (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), a new genus from the Australian Region.

ABSTRACT: Chrysoctonoideslongisetosa Huber & Triapitsyn (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), gen. n. and sp. n., is described from Australia. It is compared with the related genus Chrysoctonus, known from Africa and the New World. Myrmecomymar Yoshimoto, syn. n., is synonymized under Chrysoctonus Mathot and its type species is transferred to Chrysoctonus as Chrysoctonusmasneri (Yoshimoto), comb. n.

SUBMITTER: Huber JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4453237 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature