Pteroceraphron Dessart new to the USA (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)

István Mikó; Lubomír Masner; Andrew Robert Deans

doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e9261

Pteroceraphron Dessart new to the USA (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)

Biodivers Data J. 2016 Dec 9:(4):e9261. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e9261. eCollection 2016.

Authors

István Mikó¹, Lubomír Masner², Andrew Robert Deans¹

Affiliations

¹ Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States of America.
² Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada.

Abstract

Background: Pteroceraphron is a monotypic genus that can be recognized by its unique, lanceolate wing shape. Until now the only described species, Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart 1981, was known only from specimens collected in Canada.

New information: Here, for the first time, we report Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart 1981 specimens collected in the USA. We also provide an extended diagnosis.

Keywords: Ceraphronidae; USA; club; marginal cilia.