A REVISION OF THE LEUCOSPIDAE 



(HYMENOPTERA : CHALCIDOIDEA) 



OF THE WORLD 



By Z. BOUCEK 



CONTENTS 



Synopsis ...... 



Introduction ..... 



Morphological terms and measurements 

 Acknowledgements .... 



Abbreviations of depositories 

 Leucospidae Walker .... 



Biology ...... 



Zoogeography ..... 



Classification within the family 



Key to the genera .... 



Polistomorpha Westwood .... 

 Leucospis Fabricius ..... 



The New World species .... 



The African, Madagascan and Mediterranean species 



The West Palaearctic species . 



The Asiatic and Australian species . 

 Neleucospis gen. n. . 

 Micrapion Kriechbaumer .... 



Misplaced taxa ..... 



Nomina nuda and other unavailable names 



Host-parasite catalogue 



References ...... 



Parasite index ..... 



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SYNOPSIS 



In this revision, based on a study of material from institutions all over the world, four genera 

 are recognized: Polistomorpha Westwood (7 tropical American species, of which 3 are new), 

 Leucospis Fabricius (109 species, of which 31 are new, from all the warmer regions of the world), 

 Neleucospis gen. n. (1 new West African species) and Micrapion Kriechbaumer (12 African 

 species, of which 8 are described as new, and 1 Madagascan species). The type-material of 

 more than 150 names was examined (including 57 holotypes), and 91 lectotypes are newly 

 designated. Keys are given to all genera and species; in Leucospis three separate keys are 

 given for the American, African and Asiatic-Australian species, respectively, the Palaearctic 

 species being included in both the keys to the Old World species. Two generic, and 58 specific 

 and subspecific names are newly synonymized, and 5 new combinations are proposed. 



