New World species of the genusCalliscelioAshmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae).
The genusCalliscelioAshmead is presumed to be a diverse group of parasitoids of the eggs of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). A least one species has been found to be an important factor in depressing cricket pest populations. The New World species ofCalliscelioare revised. Forty-two species are recognized, 3 are redescribed:Calliscelio bisulcatus(Kieffer),Calliscelio laticinctusAshmead,Calliscelio rubriclavus(Ashmead),comb. n.; and 38 are described as new:Calliscelio absconditumChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio absumChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio alcoaChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio amadoiChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio armilaChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio bidensChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio brachysChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio brevinotaulusChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio brevitasChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio carinigenaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio craterChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio crenaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio eborisChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio extenuatusChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio flavicaudaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio foveolatusChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio gatineauChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio glaberChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio granulatusChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio latifronsChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio levisChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio longiusChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio magnificusChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio migmaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio minutiaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio paraglaberChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio pararemigioChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio prolixusChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio punctatifronsChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio remigioChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio rugaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio rugicoxaChen & Masner,sp. n.,Calliscelio sfinaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio storeaChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio suniChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio telumChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio torqueoChen & Johnson,sp. n.,Calliscelio virgaChen & Johnson,sp. n.Four species are treated as junior synonyms ofCalliscelio rubriclavus(Ashmead):Anteris nigricepsAshmead,syn. n.,Caloteleia marlattiiAshmead,syn. n.,Caloteleia grenadensisAshmead,syn. n., andMacroteleia ruskiniGirault,syn. n.
Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, U.S.A.
Hua-Yan
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Chen
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada.
Lubomír
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Masner
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, U.S.A.
Norman F
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Johnson
Egg parasitoid; Gryllidae; key; revision