1976/11/01 by Lubomir Masner, Lubomír Masner · 35 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Biology #Ecology #Genus #Geography #Hymenoptera #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Panama #Plant and animal studies #Zoology
paper · doi:10.4039/ent1081243-11
published in The Canadian Entomologist 108(11), 1243-1266 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 1976/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract The genus Ismarus Haliday of the New World is revised. Twenty-one species are recognized, described, and keyed, of which the following 16 are new: I . brevicornis n. sp. ♂ (Mexico), I . clarkae n. sp. ♀ (Canada), I . dux n. sp. ♂ (Panama, Costa Rica), I . flavicrus n. sp. ♀ (Mexico), I . flavigena n. sp. ♂ (Canada, U.S.A.), I . gibsoni n. sp. ♀ (Canada, U.S.A.), I . gracilis n. sp. ♀ ♂ (Mexico, Panama), I . helavai n. sp. ♀ (Panama), I . masoni n. sp. ♀ ♂ (Mexico), I . mexicanus n. sp. ♀ ♂ (Mexico), I . neotropicus n. sp. ♀ ♂ (Brazil), I . porteri n. sp. ♂ (Argentina), I . orion n. sp. ♀ (Mexico), I . rex n. sp. ♀ ♂ (Mexico), I . varicornis n. sp. ♀ (Brazil), and I . vigil n. sp. ♂ (U.S.A.). The hitherto unknown males of I . americanus Fouts and I . nevadensis Kieff. are described. I . rugulosus Foerst., I . halidayi Foerst., and I . flavicornis (Thorns.), previously known from Europe, are recorded from Canada and the U.S.A. Higher classification, interrelationships, and world distribution of Ismarus are discussed.