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Cicatrix Paretas-Martinez, 2011
(Indo-Australasian) |
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Myrtopsen Rübsaamen, 1908
(Nearctic, Neotropical) |
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Palmiriella Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martinez, 2011
(Indo-Australasian) |
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Scutimica Ros-Farré, 2007
(Neotropical) |
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Thrasorus Weld, 1944 (Indo-Australasian) |
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Distribution |
Fragmented:
Indo-Australasian Region (Thrasorus, Palmiriella,
Cicatrix); Nearctic Region (Myrtopsen); Neotropical Region (Myrtopsen,
Scutimica). |
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Biology |
In
most cases unknown, but presumably associated with galls. Myrtopsen
is a primary parasitoid of Tanaostigmatidae (Chalcidoidea) on Malvaceae
and Fabaceae (Buffington et al., 2012). |
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References |
Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020.
World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity
4(4): 1–69.
https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003
Paretas-Martínez, J., Restrepo-Ortiz C., Buffington,
M. L. and Pujade-Villar, J. 2011.
Systematics of Australian Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea,
Figitidae) with descriptions of Mikeiinae, new subfamily, two new
genera, and three new species. ZooKeys 108: 21-48.
10.3897/zookeys.108.829.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.108.829
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Credits
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Photographs © Matt Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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