Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae Fernandez-TrianaJose L.ShimboriEduardo M.WhitfieldJames B.Penteado-DiasAngelica M.ShawScott R.BoudreaultCarolineSonesJaymePerezKateBrownAllisonManjunathRamyaBurnsJohn M.HebertP. D. N.SmithM. AlexHallwachsWinnifredJanzenDaniel H.A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)Zookeys160820231175516210.3897/zookeys.1175.105068 B4E1A65C-7EC8-5DD0-9175-1148556AD802 Alphomelon brachymacher Deans, 2003Figs 8A–E, 9A–F, 10A–CDistribution.

Brazil (ES, MT, PA, SC), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Four partial barcodes (164 bp).

Other specimens examined.

(8 females). CNCHYM 00010, CNC280513, CNC704683, CNCHYM 00006, CNCHYM 00007, CNCHYM 00008, CNCHYM 00009, CNC704684.

Notes.

Some of the specimens we have seen (e.g., Fig. 8A) have the ovipositor longer and of different coloration than what was discussed by Deans et al. (2003).

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Alphomelonbrachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00006 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

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Alphomelonbrachymacher Deans female CNCHYM 00010 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, fronto-lateral E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

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Alphomelonbrachymacher Deans holotype female USNMENT00828295 A close-up of habitus, lateral B head and mesosoma, dorsal C habitus, lateral.

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/893112DeansARWhitfieldJBJanzenDH (2003) Taxonomy and natural history of the Microgastrinae genus Alphomelon Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Journal of Hymenoptera Research12(1): 1–41. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/32897