Leptofoenus rufus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Pteromalidae
Subfamilia: Leptofoeninae
Genus: Leptofoenus
Species (6): L. howardi – L. peleciniformis – L. rufus – L. stephanoides – L. westwoodi – †L. pittfieldae

[list of species after Engel (2009: 59, table 1)]

Name

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Leptofoenus Smith, 1862

Synonyms

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  • Leptofoenus Smith, 1862: 43; LaSalle & Stage, 1985: 287–288
  • Pelecinella Westwood, 1868: xxxv-xxxvi; Ashmead, 1895: 232 [syn. Brues (1924)]

Type species

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References

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  • Ashmead, W.H. 1895: On the genus Pelecinella, Westwood, and its position among the Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3: 230–233. PDF
  • Brues, C.T. 1924: The identity of Leptofoenus F. Smith and Pelecinella Westwood (Hymenoptera). Psyche, 31: 302–304. PDF
  • Engel, M.S. 2009: The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): a new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys, 13: 57–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.159
  • LaSalle, J.; Stage, G.I. 1985: The chalcidoid genus Leptofoenus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Systematic entomology, 10: 285–298. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00138.x
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