Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a checklist of world species and a revision of those species with brachypterous females
Author
Gibson, Gary A. P.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4255
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1
65
journal article
33184
10.5281/zenodo.556479
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1175-5326
556479
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Merostenus
(
Merostenus
Walker
)
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. Mesosoma in lateral and dorsal views with dorsellum appressed over apex of scutellum such that in lateral view apex of scutellum not protuberant; propodeum highly variable, but without transverse carina dividing plical region into anterior and posterior portions; mesotibia with pegs in row apically over base of mesotarsus; acropleuron with posterior margin broadly rounded and evenly curved to anterolateral margin of mesocoxa.