Generic redefinition and a new species of Nesolinoceras Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)

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Alternative: New species of Nesolinoceras Ashmead

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3858

By

Santos, Bernardo F. , author

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Book

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Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2016]

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"May 11, 2016."

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The generic limits of Nesolinoceras Ashmead are redefined. The genus is characterized by the supraclypeal and supraantennal areas covered by distinct, uniformly spaced striae; antenna without white band; foretibia distinctly swollen, fusiform; forewing with extensive fuscous bands; areolet large, pentagonal, longer than wide, distinctly convergent; spiracle of first metasomal tergite placed at midlength; and ventral valve of ovipositor apically dilated and overlapping dorsal valve as a lobe. The type species, N. ornatipennis (Cresson) is redescribed, illustrated, and newly recorded from the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. A new species, N. laluzbrillante, sp. nov., is described from the Dominican Republic. It is diagnosed mainly by having mesopleuron, propodeum, and metasoma extensively marked with blackish and whitish stripes and spots; clypeus in front view with base almost as wide as apex; central ocellus about as large as lateral ones; epicnemial carina short, reaching only 0.4 of length to subalar ridge; and areolet crossveins 2r-m and 3r-m distinctly convergent, but far from meeting on anterior apex of areolet. Previously thought to be restricted to Cuba, Nesolinoceras seems to be relatively widespread in the Caribbean Islands.

Subjects

Bahamas , Cayman Islands , Classification , Dominican Republic , Geographical distribution , Ichneumonidae , Insects , Nesolinoceras , Nesolinoceras laluzbrillante , Nesolinoceras ornatipennis , West Indies

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3858 2016

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3858.1
OCLC: 949381915