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STREPSIPTERA OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF CORIOXENIDAE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jeyaraney Kathirithamby  and
Stewart B. Peck
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
Stewart B. Peck
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
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Abstract

Eight species of Strepsiptera have been reported so far from Florida, but none from the Bahamas. This study reports five species from southern subtropical Florida, and one species from Andros Island, the Bahamas. Of these, Floridoxenos monroensis gen.nov., sp.nov. Kathirithamby and Peck (Corioxenidae: Corioxeninae) is described and added to the subfamily Corioxeninae based on the 4-segmented tarsi without claws; Strichotrema beckeri (Oliveira and Kogan) (Myrmecolacidae) of Brazil is reported from the United States for the first time; a second record for Elenchus koebelei Pierce (Elenchidae) from Florida is reported; and Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce (Myrmecolacidae) is a new record for Bahamas. This latter species is generally a widespread parasite of fire ants in the southern parts of North America, in the West Indies, and in the northern Neotropics.

Résumé

A ce jour, huit espèces de Strepsiptères avaient été trouvées en Floride, mais aucune dans les Bahamas. Au cours de notre étude, cinq espèces ont été trouvées dans le sud de la Floride subtropicale et une espèce dans l’île d’Andros, dans les Bahamas. Parmi celles-ci, Floridoxenos monroensis gen.nov., sp.nov. Kathirithamby et Peck (Corioxenidae : Corioxeninae), dont on trouvera ici la description, est placée dans la sous-famille des Corioxeninae puisque ses tarses comptent quatre articles et n’ont pas de griffes; Stichotrema beckeri (Oliveira et Kogan) (Myrmecolacidae) du Brésil a été trouvée aux Etats-Unis pour la première fois; Elenchus koebelei Pierce (Elenchidae), a été trouvée en Floride pour la deuxième fois et Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce (Myrmecolacidae) est le premier Strepsiptère jamais rencontré aux Bahamas. Il s’agit d’un parasite des fourmis de feu assez répandu dans les régions australes de l’Amérique du Nord, dans les Caraïbes et dans le nord de la zone néotropicale.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 126 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 125 - 134
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1994

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