Review of the Palaearctic (and Oriental) Allurus (Braconidae, Euphorinae) based on material from Sweden

The tribe Centistini includes three genera, Allurus, Centistes and Centistoides (Stigenberg et al. 2015). They are solitary endoparasitoids of adults and final instar larvae of beetles from the family Curculionidae (Jackson 1920, Aeschlimann 1980, Tobias 1986). In this paper we present a key, molecu...

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Published inBiodiversity data journal Vol. 4; no. 4; p. e7853
Main Authors Stigenberg, Julia, Van Achterberg, Kees
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 09.03.2016
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Allurus
Allurus choui
Allurus lituratus
Allurus muricatus
Biodiversity & Conservation
Braconidae
Centistes
Centistoides
Curculionidae
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Diversity of life
DNA
Livets mångfald
Molecular biology
Species
Systematics
Taxonomic Paper
Euphorinae
Braconidae
Allurus
DNA
parasitic wasp
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Summary:The tribe Centistini includes three genera, Allurus, Centistes and Centistoides (Stigenberg et al. 2015). They are solitary endoparasitoids of adults and final instar larvae of beetles from the family Curculionidae (Jackson 1920, Aeschlimann 1980, Tobias 1986). In this paper we present a key, molecular data (standard DNA barcode, CO1) and images of the two species of Allurus occurring in the Western Palaearctic. A third Oriental species described from China (Taiwan) is also included in the key. Allurus is a Holarctic genus with three known species (A. choui, A. lituratus, A. muricatus). Our sequence data confirms that A. muricatus and A. lituratus are two distinct and separate species and this paper points out good and easy characters to separate them.
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Academic editor: Michael Sharkey
ISSN:1314-2828
1314-2836
1314-2828
DOI:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7853