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HABITAT OF A NEW MYMAROMMATIDAE FOUND IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC, CANADA (HYMENOPTERA: TEREBRANTES)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Alain Clouâtre ,
Daniel Coderre  and
Daniel Gagnon
Alain Clouâtre
Affiliation:
Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Forestière, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case Postale 8888, Succursale “A”, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8
Daniel Coderre
Affiliation:
Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Forestière, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case Postale 8888, Succursale “A”, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8
Daniel Gagnon
Affiliation:
Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Forestière, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case Postale 8888, Succursale “A”, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8
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During a study on the litter arthropods of the natural forests of southern Quebec, Mymarommatidae specimens were found near Lachute, northwest of Montreal. Fewer than 200 specimens of Mymarommatidae have been collected throughout the world (Huber 1987); there are only nine species, all in the genus Palaeomymar Meunier (Yoshimoto 1984). Morphologically, the insects are characterized by a two-segmented abdominal petiole and atrophied posterior wings attached to the anal margin of entirely reticulated anterior wings (Huber 1987). Their biology is still unknown (J.T. Huber, pers. comm.), although it is thought that they may be insect egg parasites (Yoshimoto 1984). Yoshimoto (1984) included the Mymarommatidae in the Chalcidoidea. However, Gibson (1986) proposed not to include them in a superfamily until the phyletic relationships of the Terebrantes are better defined.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 121 , Issue 9 , September 1989 , pp. 825 - 826
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1989

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