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A NEW GENUS OF SCELIONIDAE FROM TRINIDAD, W.I. (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Lubomir Masner
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Tanaoscelio cornopis n. gen. and n. sp. (Scelionidae: Scelioninae) is described from Trinidad, W.I. Specimens were reared from eggs of a grasshopper, Cornops longicorne (Bruner) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), found in leaf petioles of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. (Monocotyledones: Pontederiaceae). The new genus is compared with the related genus Scelio Latreille.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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