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<mods:title>Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/6F54346E-3E83-4236-9E4A-2631EE3278C5" authority="Fernandez-Triana" authorityName="Fernandez-Triana" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Gilbertnixonius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gilbertnixonius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. n.">Gilbertnixonius Fernandez-Triana</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Type species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Gilbertnixonius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gilbertnixonius biem" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biem">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Gilbertnixonius biem</emphasis>
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Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, here designated.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Diagnostic description.</paragraph>
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Head with relatively large tentorial pits, and very large palps (which reach well into the mesopleuron) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13C, D</figureCitation>
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). Occipital carina partially defined. Epicnemial carina partially defined. Mesopleuron and metapleuron strongly sculptured, mostly by transverse striation (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13D</figureCitation>
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). Anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc mostly sculptured with strong punctures (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13E</figureCitation>
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). Scutellar disc with sharp carina around margins and slightly protruding posteriorly (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13D, E</figureCitation>
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). Scutellar disc with rugose band of sculptured postero-medially. Propodeum with median longitudinal and transverse carinae strongly defined (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13F, G</figureCitation>
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). Fore wing with relatively small, quadrangular areolet (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13A</figureCitation>
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). Pterostigma mostly white-yellow, except for posterior 0.3 which is light brown. Hind wing with vannal lobe entirely setose. Metacoxa relatively short, not surpassing posterior margin of T2. Metatibia spines relatively short (around 0.3
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length of first segment of metatarsus). T1 with median sulcus on anterior half, posterior half relatively strongly sculptured (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13G</figureCitation>
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). T2 sub-quadrate, with longitudinal striae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13G</figureCitation>
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). Hypopygium relatively short, not extending beyond last tergites. Ovipositor very short, ovipositor sheaths with very few and sparse setae near apex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Gilbertnixonius biem female holotype. A Fore wing B Habitus C Head frontal D Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral E Head dorsal F Mesosoma dorsal G Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.64.25453.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/212153" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">13D</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Figure 13.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Gilbertnixonius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gilbertnixonius biem" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biem">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Gilbertnixonius biem</emphasis>
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female holotype.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">A</emphasis>
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Fore wing
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">B</emphasis>
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Habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
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Head frontal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">D</emphasis>
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Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">E</emphasis>
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Head dorsal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">F</emphasis>
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Mesosoma dorsal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">G</emphasis>
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Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Putative autapomorphies and potentially related genera.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Gilbertnixonius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gilbertnixonius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Gilbertnixonius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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belongs to the
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mason" authorityYear="1981" lsidName="" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" rank="tribe" tribe="Microplitini">Microplitini</taxonomicName>
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group of genera (sensu
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<bibRefCitation author="Mason, WRM" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada" pageId="100" pageNumber="125" refId="B21" refString="Mason, WRM, 1981. The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada" title="The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae." year="1981">Mason 1981</bibRefCitation>
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). It is the only genus within that group with both longitudinal and transverse carina on propodeum, but without having an areola (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1965" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Alloplitis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alloplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Alloplitis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the new genus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Tobleronius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tobleronius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Tobleronius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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described below have those carinae, although sometimes incomplete, but they also have a complete areola). The presence of an epicnemial carina is very unique, as it is only present in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Microgastrinae">Microgastrinae</taxonomicName>
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in the unrelated genus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Brulle" authorityYear="1846" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Fornicia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Fornicia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Fornicia</emphasis>
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and in some species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Snellenius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Snellenius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Snellenius</emphasis>
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(e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation author="Mason, WRM" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada" pageId="100" pageNumber="125" refId="B21" refString="Mason, WRM, 1981. The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada" title="The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae." year="1981">Mason 1981</bibRefCitation>
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, Whitfield et al. 2002,
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276" author="Fernandez-Triana, JL" journalOrPublisher="Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift" pageId="99" pageNumber="124" pagination="137 - 201" refId="B13" refString="Fernandez-Triana, JL, Whitfield, JB, Smith, MA, Kula, RR, Hallwachs, W, Janzen, DH, 2015. Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (2): 137 - 201, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276" title="Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276" volume="62" year="2015">Fernandez-Triana et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
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); but
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Snellenius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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does not have the propodeum carination pattern of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Gilbertnixonius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The presence of an incomplete occipital carina is a highly unusual feature in
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, only shared with at some, or perhaps all, species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1965" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Alloplitis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alloplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Alloplitis</taxonomicName>
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, Philoplits
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</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Tobleronius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tobleronius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Tobleronius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see a discussion of that character under the description of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fernandez-Triana" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Tobleronius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tobleronius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Tobleronius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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below, for more details on lineages within
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mason" authorityYear="1981" lsidName="" pageId="27" pageNumber="52" rank="tribe" tribe="Microplitini">Microplitini</taxonomicName>
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having a complete or partial occipital carina).
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Host unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">The only species known is found in the Oriental region (Thailand).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">Molecular data.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="52">
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The DNA barcode of the holotype specimen (BIN BOLD:AAZ9883) is very unique, 13.2% different from the closest
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sequence in BOLD.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="28" pageNumber="53" start="start">Etymology</pageBreakToken>
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.
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The genus name refers to and honors the British braconid expert Gilbert E. J. Nixon in recognition of his significant contributions to the knowledge of parasitoid wasps of the world. Nixon papers on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="28" pageNumber="53" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Microgastrinae">Microgastrinae</taxonomicName>
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were of capital importance in the second half of the past century, and paved the way for further studies, including the present one. The gender of the genus is neuter.
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<paragraph pageId="28" pageNumber="53">Species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="28" pageNumber="53">Only one species is known.</paragraph>
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