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NOTES ON EMBIDOBIINI (SCELIONIDAE: HYMENOPTERA) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Lubomir Masner
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
Paul Dessart
Affiliation:
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles

Abstract

Endecascelio stipitipennis n. gen. and n. sp. is described from Central Africa (former Belgian Congo). The extent and interrelationships of the tribe Embidobiini are discussed. A diagnosis of the tribe and a key to genera of the world is given.The genus Embidobia Ashmead is for the first time reported from the Oligocene of Baltic amber.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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