Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/755B87E6-FFD2-FF95-6ECA-F3AAFD4691AF |
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Carolina |
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Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909 |
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Subgenus Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909
Six Texas species are assignable to this subgenus. The external apical lobe of the ovipositor is well developed (obsolete in other subgenera). In these species the profemora are unarmed and there is typically a sexual dimorphism in the relative
size of the protibial spurs. Several of the species, the ‘‘ tricostatus ’’ group, have a characteristic depressed fusiform shape ( Blaisdell 1909).
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