A new genus of Tetratermini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Lysiterminae) parasitic on grasshoppers (Gryllacrididae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1996
Authors:C. van Achterberg, Steiner H.
Journal:Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden
Volume:70
Issue:17
Pagination:249-259
Keywords:Australian, Braconidae, Gryllacrididae, Hymenoptera, Katytermus, key, Lysiterminae, Oriental, Platyrmus, Tetratermini, Tetratermus
Abstract:

The new genus Katytermus from Malaysia (type species: Katytermus palmicola spec, nov.) is described and illustrated. The new genus belongs to a new tribe, Tetratermini, of the subfamily Lysi- terminae. The type species has been reared as a gregarious endoparasite of a "katydid" longhorn grasshopper (Gryllacrididae).

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