Rediscovery of Melanepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae): a new synonym of Epyris

Melanepyris Kieffer, 1913 was proposed to accommodate a single species of Epyris Westwood, 1832, E. imicola Kieffer, 1913, mainly based on the absence of the posterior propodeal carina. Today, Melanepyris includes only two nominal species. The type-material of these species has been considered lost...

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Main Authors: Celso O. Azevedo, Isabel D. C. C. Alencar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010-06-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000300012