Cerocephalinae (lat.) - a subfamily of parasitic riders from the family Pteromalidae ( Chalcidoidea ) of the order Hymenoptera insects . About 40 species (in the Nearctic, 9 species from 6 genera) [2] .
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 Theocolax formiciformis Westwood , 1832 (= Cerocephala formiciformis (Westwood, 1832) ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Description
Antennae consist of 8–11 segments (ring-shaped segments in flagellum usually absent). The body is partially reddish, between the bases of the antennae and the clypeus there are raised ridges or tubercles. There are parapsidal grooves on the chest and are usually complete [3] .
Parasites (hyperparasites) of the larvae of beetles living in wood and / or ( Cerocephala rufa ) of their parasites from the family of braconids . The cosmopolitan species Theocolax elegans (= Choetospila elegans ) is a common parasite of pests of food, grain and wood stock beetles ( Anobiidae , Bostrichidae , Curculionidae , Bruchidae , Dryophthoridae , etc.), such as a cigarette grinder beetle ( Lasioderma serricorne ), a bread grinder ( paniceum ), common barn weevil ( Sitophilus granarius) [2] .
Systematics
13 genera, about 40 species [4] . In the course of molecular genetic research, the group Cerocephalinae was recognized as monophyletic [5] and, along with the subfamilies Cleonyminae , Spalangiinae and Herbertinae, is considered one of the ancestral branches in the family Pteromalidae [6] .
- Acerocephala Gahan, 1946 - Nearctic [1]
- Cerocephala Westwood , 1832
- Choetospilisca Hedqvist , 1969 [7]
- Gahanisca Hedqvist, 1969 - Brazil [7]
- Gnathophorisca Hedqvist, 1969 - Brazil [7]
- Laesthiola Boucek , 1993 - United States [8]
- Muesebeckisia Hedqvist, 1969 - Brazil [7]
- Neocalosoter Girault & Dodd, 1915
- Neosciatheras Masi, 1917 - Seychelles
- Paracerocephala Hedqvist, 1969 - Zaire [7]
- Paralaesthia Cameron, 1884 - Panama
- Sciatherellus Masi, 1917
- Theocolax Westwood, 1832 [9] (= Chaetospila Westwood, 1874 , Choetospila Westwood, 1874 [10] )
- Theocolax formiciformis Westwood , 1832 (= Cerocephala formiciformis (Westwood, 1832) )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Gahan, AB (1946). Review of some chalcidoid genera related to Cerocephala Westwood. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96 pp. 349—378
- ↑ 1 2 Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Notes on families: Pteromalidae
- ↑ Dzhankomen K.A. Pteromalidae family. // Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. 3, part 2: Hymenoptera. - L., 1978. - S. 57-228. (Determined by the fauna of the USSR. Vol. 120)
- ↑ Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Genera in subfamily Ceinae
- ↑ Munro JB, Heraty JM, Burks RA, Hawks D., Mottern J., et al. (2011). A Molecular Phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). - PLoS ONE 6 (11): e27023. doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0027023
- ↑ Desjardins Christopher A., Jerome C. Regier, Charles Mitter. (2007). Phylogeny of pteromalid parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): Initial evidence from four protein-coding nuclear genes . - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 45, Issue 2, November 2007, Pages 454-469
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Hedqvist, KJ (1969). Notes on Cerocephalini, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hym., Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae). - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71: 449-466.
- ↑ Boucek, Z. (1993). New taxa of North American Pteromalidae and Tetracampidae (Hymenoptera), with notes. - Journal of Natural History 27: 1304-1305
- ↑ Westwood, JO (1832). Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. Philosophical Magazine (3) 1: 127
- ↑ Westwood, JO (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most part contained in the collection presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. FW Hope. pp. 173 Oxford. Text
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