The species of Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae) from Brazil
Abstract
Four new species of the subfamily Miracinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described from Brazil based on specimens in the Natural History Museum, UK: Centistidea areolaris sp. nov., C. breviantennalis sp. nov., C. radialis sp. nov., and C. latisulca sp. nov. New distribution records of C. insularis (Muesebeck, 1937) and C. vertus (Papp, 2013) from the Neotropical region are provided, together with an illustrated key to all species of Centistidea known in Brazil.
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