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The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

ABSTRACT: For the first time the tribe Phanerotomini (Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula is revised, illustrated by colour photographs and keyed. It resulted in twenty-one new species (of which 20 species belong to the genus Phanerotoma and representing 75% of the reported species): Phanerotomella yemenitica sp. nov., Phanerotoma angusticrus sp. nov., P. artocornuta sp. nov., P. aspidiota sp. nov., P. brunneivena sp. nov., P. caudatoides sp. nov., P. glabritemporalis sp. nov., P. granulata sp. nov., P. ejuncida sp. nov., P. hellyeri sp. nov., P. latifemorata sp. nov., P. lepta sp. nov., P. longivena sp. nov., P. mesocellata sp. nov., P. microdonta sp. nov., P. micrommata sp. nov., P. sculptilis sp. nov., P. signifera sp. nov., P. spuriserrata sp. nov., P. stenochora sp. nov., and P. vanharteni sp. nov. Reported as new for United Arab Emirates and Yemen are Phanerotoma graciloides van Achterberg, 1990, P. masiana Fahringer, 1934, and P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894 (the latter also for Saudi Arabia), for United Arab Emirates P. ocularis Kohl, 1906, and P. robusta Zettel, 1988, and for Yemen P. bilinea Lyle, 1924, P. flavivena Edmardash & Gadallah, 2019, and P. permixtellae Fischer, 1968. Phanerotoma caboverdensis Hedqvist, 1965, syn. nov. is synonymised with P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894.

SUBMITTER: van Achterberg C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875960 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

van Achterberg Cornelis C

ZooKeys 20210203

For the first time the tribe Phanerotomini (Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula is revised, illustrated by colour photographs and keyed. It resulted in twenty-one new species (of which 20 species belong to the genus Phanerotoma and representing 75% of the reported species): Phanerotomella yemenitica sp. nov., Phanerotoma angusticrus sp. nov., P. artocornuta sp. nov., P. aspidiota sp. nov., P. brunneivena sp. no ...[more]

PMID: 33603534

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The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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