Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology
Two morphologically unusual new neotropical genera of Miracinae, Paramomirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, and Fusimirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, are here proposed and described. The two new genera differ strikingly from previously known Miracinae in having completely different patterns of...
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| author | James B. Whitfield Jose L. Fernandez-Triana Caroline Boudreault |
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| description | Two morphologically unusual new neotropical genera of Miracinae, Paramomirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, and Fusimirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, are here proposed and described. The two new genera differ strikingly from previously known Miracinae in having completely different patterns of desclerotization of the anterior metasomal tergites. Paramomirax, so far known only from paramo vegetation at high elevation in Colombia, is represented by P. peckorum Whitfield, new species. Fusimirax, so far known only from lower elevation forests in the Dominican Republic, is described from three species, F. masneri Whitfield & Fernandez-Triana, new species, F. robusta Whitfield, new species, and F. gracilis, Whitfield, new species. None of the four species has any recorded hosts yet, although all previous Miracinae with known hosts attack leaf-mining and bark-mining moth larvae. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f8650f2ad3d14b83a3d2865b0b33b6f32025-08-20T03:53:39ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Hymenoptera Research1314-26072025-04-019850952410.3897/jhr.98.150254150254Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphologyJames B. Whitfield0Jose L. Fernandez-Triana1Caroline Boudreault2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCanadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture CanadaCanadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture CanadaTwo morphologically unusual new neotropical genera of Miracinae, Paramomirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, and Fusimirax Whitfield and Fernandez-Triana, are here proposed and described. The two new genera differ strikingly from previously known Miracinae in having completely different patterns of desclerotization of the anterior metasomal tergites. Paramomirax, so far known only from paramo vegetation at high elevation in Colombia, is represented by P. peckorum Whitfield, new species. Fusimirax, so far known only from lower elevation forests in the Dominican Republic, is described from three species, F. masneri Whitfield & Fernandez-Triana, new species, F. robusta Whitfield, new species, and F. gracilis, Whitfield, new species. None of the four species has any recorded hosts yet, although all previous Miracinae with known hosts attack leaf-mining and bark-mining moth larvae.https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/150254/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | James B. Whitfield Jose L. Fernandez-Triana Caroline Boudreault Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| title | Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology |
| title_full | Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology |
| title_fullStr | Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology |
| title_short | Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology |
| title_sort | two new neotropical genera of miracinae hymenoptera braconidae with unusual metasomal morphology |
| url | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/150254/download/pdf/ |
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