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PHARPA, A NEW GENUS OF NEOTROPICAL AGATHIDINAE (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) WITH A DISCUSSION OF PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. Sharkey
M. Sharkey
Affiliation:
Biosysternatics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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Abstract

The genus Pharpa is erected to include three species of Braconidae in the subfamily Agathidinae, viz. P. dubiosum (Szépligeti), P. basimacula (Cameron), and P. simulatrix (Cameron) all new combinations. Microdus albitarsis Cameron is newly synonymized with P. basimacula (Cameron). The genus Pharpa is distributed widely throughout the neotropics from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Phylogenetic relationships with other agathidine genera are discussed, as is the possibility that the various species represent a polytypic, conspecific, mimetic complex.

Résumé

La genre Pharpa de la sous-famille des Agathidinae est érigé afin d’inclure trois espèces de Braconidae, soit P. dubiosum (Szépligeti), P. basimacula (Cameron) et P. simulatrix (Cameron) toutes de nouvelles combinaisons. Microdus albitarsis Cameron devient un nouveau synonyme de P. basimaculata (Cameron). L’aire de distribution du genre Pharpa comprend toute la région néotropicale du sud du Mexique jusqu’au nord de l’Argentine. On discute des rapports phylogénétiques avec d’autres genres d’Agathidinae et de la présence possible d’un complexe polytypique, conspécifique et mimétique représenté par diverses espèces.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 118 , Issue 12 , December 1986 , pp. 1231 - 1239
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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