Leptofoenus

Leptofoenus is a genus of wasp in the family Pteromalidae, the type genus subfamily Leptofoeninae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America.[1][2] The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1] With body sizes ranging from 11–27 millimetres (0.43–1.06 in) Leptofoenus species are larger than nearly all other species in Pteromalidae.[1] The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae.[1]

Leptofoenus
Leptofoenus rufus (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pteromalidae
Subfamily: Leptofoeninae
Genus: Leptofoenus
Smith, 1862
Species

Species

All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America.

  • Leptofoenus howardi (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam
  • Leptofoenus peleciniformis Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica
  • †Leptofoenus pittfieldae Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene)
  • Leptofoenus rufus LaSalle & Stage Mexico, southwestern USA
  • Leptofoenus stephanoides (Roman) Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, southern Mexico
  • Leptofoenus westwoodi (Ashmead) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama

References
  1. Engel, M.S. (2005). "The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic". ZooKeys. 13: 57–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.13.159.
  2. Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850.
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