Protelenomus Kieffer is a derived lineage of Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), with comments on the evolution of phoresy in Scelionidae

Species of the genus Protelenomus Kieffer (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) are phoretic egg parasitoids of coreid bugs. The discovery, DNA sequencing, and molecular phylogenetic analysis of a Protelenomus species phoretic on Cletus punctiger (Dallas) (Hemiptera, Coreidae) shows that Protelenomus is a...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Jin Yan, Elijah Talamas, Zachary Lahey, Hua-Yan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/95961/download/pdf/