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Description Of Khamul, Gen. N. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae), With A Hypothesis Of Its Phylogenetic Placement, Michael W. Gates
Description Of Khamul, Gen. N. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae), With A Hypothesis Of Its Phylogenetic Placement, Michael W. Gates
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Khamul n. gen., a distinctive eurytomid in the subfamily Eurytominae is described from the Neotropics based upon the type species, K. erwini, n. sp. A hypothesis of its phylogenetic placement within Eurytominae is presented, and four new species are described: K. erwini, K. gothmogi, K. lanceolatus, and K. tolkeini. Diagnostic features are included to distincguish this taxon from other eurytomines and a key to species presented. Its biology is unknown, but label data indicate walking stick eggs ( sp.; Phasmatodea: Prisopodidae) as a possible host.