Universal Chalcidoidea Database

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Melanosmicra Ashmead, 1904

[ Chalcididae : Chalcidinae ]
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Melanosmicra Ashmead
Ashmead, W.H. 1904, Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 1(4):251 [ Chalcidinae. ]     view Ashmead, W.H.  (1904) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Melanosmicra immaculata Ashmead, original designation and monotypy
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Burks, B.D. (1940), Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88 pp. 237-354     view Ashmead, W.H.  (1904) in PDF format
Synonym of Ceratosmicra Ashmead (page 343)
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Delvare, G. (1992), A reclassification of the Chalcidini with a checklist of the New World species. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 53 pp. 119-441, 443-466    
Valid genus (page 183)
Platychalcis Cameron
Cameron, P. 1904, New Hymenoptera, mostly from Nicaragua. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:57    
New genus
Type species: Platychalcis flavicollis Cameron, by monotypy
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Schmiedeknecht, O. (1909), Hymenoptera fam. Chalcididae. Genera Insectorum 97 pp. 1-550 (Ed: Wytsman, P.) Brussels    
Valid genus (page 48)
[ Chalcidinae. ]
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Burks, B.D. (1936), The Nearctic Dirhinini and Epitranini (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Washington 22 pp. 283-287     view Cameron, P.  (1904) in PDF format
Synonym of Epitranus Walker (page 286)
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Delvare, G. (1988), Some important morphological features of the Chalcidini (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and their implications in the classification of the tribe. Advances in Parasitic Hymenoptera Research: Proceedings of the Second Conference on the Taxonomy and Biology of Parasitic Hymenoptera, Gainsville, November 1987. pp. 25-64 (Ed: Gupta, V.K.) E.J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands    
Synonym of Melanosmicra Ashmead (pages 25,26,40)