PteroceraphronDessart new to the USA (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea).
BACKGROUND
Pteroceraphronis a monotypic genus that can be recognized by its unique, lanceolate wing shape. Until now the only described species,Pteroceraphron mirabilipennisDessart 1981, was known only from specimens collected in Canada.


CONCLUSIONS
Here, for the first time, we reportPteroceraphron mirabilipennisDessart 1981 specimens collected in the USA. We also provide an extended diagnosis.
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States of America.
István
I
Mikó
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada.
Lubomír
L
Masner
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States of America.
Andrew Robert
AR
Deans
 Ceraphronidae ; USA; club; marginal cilia