Leptofoenus
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| Leptofoenus rufus (female) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptofoeninae |
| Genus: | Leptofoenus Smith, 1862 |
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Leptofoenus is a genus of wasp in the family Pteromalidae, the type genus subfamily Leptofoeninae found in South, Central, and southern North America.[1][2] The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1] With body sizes ranging from 11–27 millimetres (0.43–1.06 in) Leptofoenus species are larger than nearly all other species in Pteromalidae.[1] The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae.[1]
Species
All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America.
- Leptofoenus howardi (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam
- Leptofoenus peleciniformis Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica
- †Leptofoenus pittfieldae Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene)
- Leptofoenus rufus LaSalle & Stage Mexico, southwestern USA
- Leptofoenus stephanoides (Roman) Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, southern Mexico
- Leptofoenus westwoodi (Ashmead) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama
References
- 1 2 3 4 Engel, M.S. (2005). "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.
- ↑ Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850.
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