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THE PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES OF MESOCOELUS SCHULZ (AGATHIDINAE: BRACONIDAE: HYMENOPTERA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M.J. Sharkey
M.J. Sharkey
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Based on synapomorphic character states in the parastigmal area of the fore wing, the genus Mesocoelus is transferred from the Orgilinae to the Agathidinae. Placement in the Orgilinae is rejected because of the presence of these synapomorphies and the absence of a subapical notch on the ovipositor, a derived character state found in all known members of the Orgilinae.

Résumé

L’auteur montre, à partir de caractères synapomorphiques tirés de la région du parastigma sur l’aile antérieure, que le genre Mesocoelus appartient à la sous-famille des Agathidinae. Les affinités phylogénétiques du genre avec les Orgilinae sont réfutées à cause de la présence de ces synapomorphies et de l’absence d’une entaille subapicale sur l’ovipositeur, un caractère dérivé qui se trouve chez tous les représentants connus des Orgilinae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 118 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 283 - 286
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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