Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

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Gary A. P. Gibson, John Theodore Huber, James Braden Woolley
NRC Research Press, 1997 - Science - 794 pages
This multimedia publication presents illustrated keys to the 19 families and 706 described genera of Chalcidoidea known to occur in the Nearctic region. There are approximately 330 differences between the genera keyed and those listed in the most recent (1979) North American catalogue, including about 200 additional genera. The book consists of 22 chapters by 17 world experts, plus an appendix of about 130 generic names no longer considered valid for the region, and separate indexes to chalcidoid names, animal hosts and plant hosts. The first three chapters provide an introduction, review of chalcidoid structure, and an overview of the superfamily, including a 40 couplet key to families. Each of the remaining 19 chapters reviews one family and includes introductory sections on its recognition, systematics and relationships, biology, literature, an annotated key to the Nearctic genera, and for larger families an index to genera based on couplet number. Over 1800 line drawings and scanning electron micrographs illustrate the keys. The annotations include references to existing keys to species, estimated number of species, and known distribution and host range in the region.
 

Contents

Introduction J T Huber
1
Morphology and Terminology G A P Gibson
16
chalcidiens ainsi que de leurs 706 genres que lon retrouve dans la région
17
Zdenek Bouček E Eric Grissell
18
Flackwell Heath U S Department of Agriculture
28
Superfamily Chalcidoidea E E Grissell and M E Schauff
45
Coote
100
Toronto ON M5S 2C6 San Pedro San José
114
Biological Resources Program Steven L Heydon
438
Eurytomidae J A DiGiulio
477
Leucospidae Z Bouček
496
Mymaridae J T Huber
499
Ormyridae P Hanson
531
Perilampidae D C Darling
534
Pteromalidae Z Bouček and S L Heydon
541
Signiphoridae J B Woolley
693

Agaonidae Z Bouček
117
experts reconnus de par le monde comprend un appendice qui rend compte
130
Aphelinidae J B Woolley
134
Chalcididae Z Bouček and J A Halstead
151
Elasmidae L D Coote
165
Encyrtidae J S Noyes J B Woolley and G Zolnerowich
170
Eucharitidae J Heraty
321
Eulophidae M E Schauff J LaSalle and L D Coote
327
Eupelmidae G A P Gibson
430
Tanaostigmatidae J LaSalle
700
Tetracampidae Z Bouček
705
Torymidae E E Grissell
709
Trichogrammatidae J D Pinto
726
Appendix Fate of generic names excluded since Krombein et al 1979
753
Index to plant hosts and associates
760
Index to animal hosts
763
Index to scientific names of Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea
772
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