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Klyngon

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson, head frontal female

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson, head frontal, paratype female

Klyngon bouceki Hansson, clypeus

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson, propodeum dorsal female

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson, holotype female

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson, thoracic dorsum, holotype female

Author, year, journal with original description

Hansson, C., 2005, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 69:131-132

Type species

Klyngon jimenezi Hansson (holotype female in Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Frontal suture absent; antennal scrobes as narrow and distinct grooves; clypeus delimited laterally; pronotum strongly reduced, not visible in dorsal view; propodeum with plicae and with a strong median carina, with reticulate submedian grooves; propodeum with distinct nucha; gastral tergites reticulate with posterior margin smooth; male gaster with an enlarged and strongly reticulate genital plate (i.e. the 9th sternite)

Number of species

Two

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Distribution

Neotropical region: Costa Rica

Biology

Reared from galls on Serjania mexicana (Sapindaceae). Possibly a gall maker

Literature

Hansson, C. 2005. Klyngon, gen.nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with two new species from Costa Rica. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 69:131-132