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Revision of the Asiatic, European and North American species of Derostenus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Revision of the Asiatic, European and North American species of Derostenus Westwood (Hymenoptera:... <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Asiatic, European and North American species of the genus Deroslenus Westwood are revised. Fivc species are recognized, two Asiatic, two European and one North American. The two Asiatic species are described as new: D. japonicus (female) and D. sulciscuta (male). Deroslenus alhipes Yoshimoto is regarded as a synonym of D. freemani Yoshimoto. The subgeneric division proposed by Yoshimoto (1973) is abandoned and two species-groups are created. One group (gemmeus) comprises the European and North American species, and the other group (sulcisuta) includes the Asiatic species. Lectotypes are designated for D. confarmis Thomson. D. laevifrons Thomson and D. punctiscuta Thomson. The European and North American specics are found to be solitary endoparasites in larvae of Stigmella spp. (Lep.: Nepticulidae). Hosts are not known for the Asiatic species.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Insect Systematics & Evolution Brill

Revision of the Asiatic, European and North American species of Derostenus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution , Volume 17 (3): 313 – Jan 1, 1986

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1399-560X
eISSN
1876-312X
DOI
10.1163/187631286X00242
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Asiatic, European and North American species of the genus Deroslenus Westwood are revised. Fivc species are recognized, two Asiatic, two European and one North American. The two Asiatic species are described as new: D. japonicus (female) and D. sulciscuta (male). Deroslenus alhipes Yoshimoto is regarded as a synonym of D. freemani Yoshimoto. The subgeneric division proposed by Yoshimoto (1973) is abandoned and two species-groups are created. One group (gemmeus) comprises the European and North American species, and the other group (sulcisuta) includes the Asiatic species. Lectotypes are designated for D. confarmis Thomson. D. laevifrons Thomson and D. punctiscuta Thomson. The European and North American specics are found to be solitary endoparasites in larvae of Stigmella spp. (Lep.: Nepticulidae). Hosts are not known for the Asiatic species.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Insect Systematics & EvolutionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1986

Keywords: Asia; North America; biology; Eutophidae; taxonomy; Europe; Deroslenus; Hymenoptera

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