Distribution.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Hymenoptera

Braconidae

Fernandez-Triana

Jose L.

Shimbori

Eduardo M.

Whitfield

James B.

Penteado-Dias

Angelica M.

Shaw

Scott R.

Boudreault

Caroline

Sones

Jayme

Perez

Kate

Brown

Allison

Manjunath

Ramya

Burns

John M.

Hebert

P. D. N.

Smith

M. Alex

Hallwachs

Winnifred

Janzen

Daniel H.

A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus

Alphomelon

Mason with the description of 30 new species (

Hymenoptera

Braconidae

)

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Alphomelon

bromeliphile

Deans, 2003

Figs 12A–E, 13A–F, 14A–C, 92B

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Neoxeniadesluda.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB5598.

Other specimens examined.

(14 females, 7 males, 2 sex unknown). DHJPAR0051200, CNC1802037, CNC1802038, CNC1802039, CNC1802040, CNC1802041, CNC1802042, CNC1802043, DHJPAR0031621, DHJPAR0031657, DHJPAR0031669, DHJPAR0003979 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), CNC1802044, CNC1802045, CNC1802046, CNCHYM 00011, CNC704663, CNC704660, CNC704662, CNC704661, CNC704659, CNC704658, CNC280514.

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Figure 12.

Alphomelonbromeliphile Deans female CNC704660 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D head and mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.

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Figure 13.

Alphomelonbromeliphile Deans female CNC1802037 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, lateral D wings E Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

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Figure 14.

Alphomelonbromeliphile Deans holotype female USNMENT00828296 A habitus, lateral B close-up of habitus, lateral C habitus, dorsal.

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Figure 92.

Parasite cocoons AAlphomelonarecaphile 16-SRNP-70716-DHJ732874 BAlphomelonbromeliphile 06-SRNP-60114-DHJ419211.

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