Revision of New World Helava Masner & Huggert (Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae)

By

Talamas, Elijah
Masner, Lubomir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

53

Pages

1--24

Subjects

parasitoid , Platygastroidea , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.53.10217

 

Abstract

Nine new species of Helava are described: H. acutiventris sp. n., H. allomera sp. n., H. aureipes sp. n., H. carinata sp. n., H. microptera sp. n., H. pygmea sp. n., H. reducta sp. n., H. simplex sp. n., and H. samanthae sp. n., and Helava alticola Masner & Huggert is redescribed. New characters are presented to supplement the generic description of Masner and Huggert (1989) and the genus is diagnosed from similar genera in Sceliotrachelinae: Aphanomerus Dodd and Austromerus Masner & Huggert.