Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Synonymic list

Brachista Walker, 1851

[ Trichogrammatidae : Oligositinae : Chaetostrichini ]
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Brachista Walker
Walker, F. 1851, Notes on Chalcidites, and descriptions of various new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 7:211     view Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Brachysticha fidiae Ashmead, by subsequent monotypy
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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 Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 5)
[ Trichogrammatinae. ]
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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) pp. i-xi,225-551,39pls     view Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 359)
[ Oligostinae. ]
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Schmiedeknecht, O. (1909), Hymenoptera fam. Chalcididae. Genera Insectorum 97 pp. 1-550 (Ed: Wytsman, P.) Brussels    
Valid genus (page 482)
[ Trichogramminae. ]
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Girault, A.A. (1911), Synonymic and descriptive notes on the chalcidoid family Trichogrammatidae with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 37 pp. 43-83     view Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
Synonym of Lathromeris Foerster (page 69)
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Kryger, J.P. (1919), The European Trichogramminae. Entomologiske Meddelelser 12(2) pp. 257-354     view Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 302)
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Hincks, W.D. (1957), Notes on some species of Trichogrammatidae (Hym.: Chalcidoidea) omitted from the 'Check list of British Insects'. Journal of the Society for British Entomology 5(7) pp. 215-218    
Valid genus (page 217)
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Pinto, J.D. (1994), A taxonomic study of Brachista (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with a description of two new species phoretic on robberflies of the genus Efferia (Diptera: Asilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96(1) pp. 120-132     view Walker, F.  (1851) in PDF format
Valid genus (pages 120-132)
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Pinto, J.D. (2006), A review of the New World genera of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15(1) pp. 38-163    
Compared with Uscana Girault (page 90)
Compared with Pseuduscana Pinto (page 108)
Compared with Lathromeromyia Girault (page 90)
Brachysticha Foerster
Förster, A. 1856, Hymenopterologische Studien. 2. Chalcidiae und Proctotrupii. pp.88 Aachen [ Replacement name for Brachista Haliday, 1851, supposedly preoccupied by Brachistes Wesmael, 1835. ]     view Förster, A.  (1856) in PDF format
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Ashmead, W.H. (1895), A new genus and species of Proctotrypidae and a new species of Brachysticha bred by Prof. F.M. Webster. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 17 pp. 170-172     view Förster, A.  (1856) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 171)
Giraultia Nowicki
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Steffan, J.R. (1954), Note sur le genre Uscana Grlt. (Hym. Trichogrammatidae) et description d'espèces nouvelles parasite de bruches. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2) 26(6) pp. 667-673    
Misspelling of genus name Giraultiola Novicki (page 669) - see Pinto, J.D. (1994), A taxonomic study of Brachista (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with a description of two new species phoretic on robberflies of the genus Efferia (Diptera: Asilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96(1):120
Giraultiola Novicki
Nowicki, S. 1936, Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Trichogrammidae (Hym., Chalcidoidea) from the Palaearctic region, with notes - II. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 23:136-137     view Nowicki, S.  (1936) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Brachysticha fidiae Ashmead, original designation and monotypy
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Doutt, R.L.; Viggiani, G. (1968), The classification of the Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 35 pp. 477-586    
Valid genus (page 552)
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Pinto, J.D. (1993), Correct application of the nominal genus Brachista Walker (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 95(2) pp. 298-299    
Synonym of Brachista Walker (page 299)