Universal Chalcidoidea Database

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Melittobia megachilis (Packard, 1864)

[ Eulophidae : Tetrastichinae ]
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Anthophorabia megachilis Packard
Packard, A.S. 1864, The humble bees of New England and their parasites; with notices of a new species of Anthophorabia, and a new genus of Proctotrupidae. Proceedings of the Essex Institute 4:134    
New species , United States of America-Vermont
Chrysocharis aeneus Brues
Brues, C.T. 1909, Notes and descriptions of North American parasitic Hymenoptera. VII. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society (new series) 6(3-4):161     view Brues, C.T.  (1909) in PDF format
New species, Lectotype , MPMW, United States of America-Wisconsin, designated by Matthews, R.W.; González, J.M. (2008), The acasta conundrum: polymorphism and taxonomic confusion with the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa 1854:52
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Peck, O. (1951), Superfamily Chalcidoidea. (In: Muesebeck, C.F.W., Krombein, K.V. & Townes, H.K. (Editors). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog.) Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2 pp. 410-594     view Brues, C.T.  (1909) in PDF format
Synonym of Melittobia megachilis (Packard) (page 452)
Melittobia femorata Dahms
Dahms, E.C. 1984, Revision of the genus Melittobia (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) with the description of seven new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21:293-294    
New species, , figs., Holotype , USNM, United States of America-North Carolina
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Matthews, R.W.; González, J.M. (2008), The acasta conundrum: polymorphism and taxonomic confusion with the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa 1854 pp. 45-54    
Synonym of Melittobia megachilis (Packard) (pages 49-52)
Melittobia megachilis (Packard)
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Cresson, E.T. (1887), Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species and bibliography. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume pp. 351pp. Philadelphia    
New combination for Anthophorabia megachilis Packard (page 244)
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Dalla Torre, K.W. von (1898), Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. pp. 598pp Lepzig     view   () in PDF format
Valid species (page 85)
Melittobia megalochilae Schulz
Schulz, W.A. 1906, Spolia Hymenopterologica pp.143 Paderborn [ Unjustified emendation of species epithet in Melittobia megachilis (Packard). ]    
Unjustified emendation
Pteromalus gerardi Hickok
Hickok, H.T. 1875, Experiments with the fly Pteromalus gerardi. Proceedings of the Ploughkeepsie Society of Natural History 1:131    
New species , United States of America-New York
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Burks, B.D. (1958), Superfamily Chalcidoidea. (In: Krombein, K.V. (Editor). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic Catalogue. 1st supplement.) Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2(first supplement) pp. 62-84     view Hickok, H.T.  (1875) in PDF format
Synonym of Melittobia megachilis (Packard) (page 67)
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Matthews, R.W.; González, J.M. (2008), The acasta conundrum: polymorphism and taxonomic confusion with the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa 1854 pp. 45-54    
Possible synonym of Melittobia digitata Dahms (page 52)