Plumaroides Brothers, 1974

Diez, Patricia A. & Fidalgo, Patricio, 2012, Two new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3188, pp. 64-68 : 65

Plumaroides Brothers, 1974

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Plumaroides Brothers 1974: 351 –365; Day 1977: 171; Roig-Alsina 1994: 91; Brothers 2006: 389; Diez & Roig-Alsina 2008: 45; Diez 2008: 25.

Type species Plumaroides andalgalensis Brothers, 1974 , by original designation and monotypy.

The diagnosis of the male of the genus is mainly given by: palpar formula (5:2); first nebulous vein on fore wing, arising at the base of marginal cell; scape with a distinct ventral apical swelling; seventh tergum sharp-pointed and with one medial longitudinal carina.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Plumaroides. 1 – 4. P. aquilus sp. nov. 1, Head; 2, Hind wing; 3, Seventh tergum, dorsal view; 4, Seventh tergum, apical area, lateral view. 5 – 8. P. tapilophus sp. nov. 5, Head; 6, Fore wing, marginal cell; 7, Seventh tergum, dorsal view; 8, Seventh tergum apical area, lateral view. 9. P. brothersi, seventh tergum apical area, lateral view. 10. P. tiphlus, seventh tergum, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.