Paridris Kieffer of the New World (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Egg-parasitoid · Topics: Plant and animal studies, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Fossil Insects in Amber

Paridris in the New World is revised (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Fifteen species are described, of which 13 are new. Paridris aenea (Ashmead) (Mexico (Tamaulipas) and West Indies south to Bolivia and southern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro state)), P. armata Talamas, sp. n. (Venezuela), P. convexa Talamas, sp. n. (Costa Rica, Panama), P. dnophos Talamas, sp. n. (Mexico (Vera Cruz) south to Bolivia and central Brazil (Goiás)), P. gongylos Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (United States: Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina), P. gorn Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (United States: Ohio south to Alabama, Georgia), P. invicta Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (Brazil: São Paulo), P. isabelicae Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (Cuba, Dominican Republic), P. lemete Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (Puerto Rico), P. minor Talamas, sp. n. (Cuba), P. nayakorum Talamas, sp. n. (Costa Rica), P. pallipes (Ashmead) (southeastern Canada, United States south to Costa Rica, also Brazil (São Paulo), P. psydrax Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, Venezuela), P. saurotos Talamas, sp. n. (Jamaica), P. soucouyant Talamas & Masner, sp. n. (Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela). Paridris brevipennis Fouts, P. laeviceps (Ashmead), and P. nigricornis (Fouts) are treated as junior synonyms of P. pallipes; Paridris opaca is transferred to Probaryconus. Lectotypes are designated for Idris aenea Ashmead and Caloteleia aenea Ashmead.

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