Ceraphron (Larsoceraphron), Dessart, 1981

Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa, Salden, Tobias, Heidari Latibari, Minoo & Butcher, Buntika A., 2025, Review of the subgenus Larsoceraphron Dessart, 1981 of the genus Ceraphron Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae) with the description of a new species from Thailand, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98, pp. 579-602 : 579-602

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https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.151607

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15586125

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scientific name

Ceraphron (Larsoceraphron)
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Subgenus Larsoceraphron Dessart, 1981

Type species.

Ceraphron (Larsoceraphron) sylviae Dessart, 1981 by original designation.

Type information.

Holotype female, CNC. Country of type locality: Brazil.

Diagnosis.

Larsoceraphron is distinguished from all other subgenera of Ceraphron by the following combination of characters: lateral ocelli separated by a wide and foveolate occipital furrow, and laterally and posteriorly surrounded by distinctly large ocellar foveae (Figs 1 C, E View Figure 1 , 2 C, E View Figure 2 , 4 C, E View Figure 4 , 5 E View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ); median ocellus with distinctly large and ventrally extended ocellar fovea (Figs 1 C, E View Figure 1 , 2 C, E View Figure 2 , 4 C, E View Figure 4 , 5 E View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ); anterior margin of head concave in dorsal view (Figs 1 E View Figure 1 , 2 E View Figure 2 , 4 E View Figure 4 , 5 E View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ); distinct occipital carina with lateral part distinctly protruding posteriorly (Figs 1 E View Figure 1 , 2 E View Figure 2 , 4 E View Figure 4 , 5 E View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ); head and mesosoma with randomly sized areolae and strongly sculptured (Figs 1 C – G, I View Figure 1 , 2 C – G, I View Figure 2 , 4 C – F, I View Figure 4 , 5 D – F, I View Figure 5 , 6 A, B View Figure 6 ); epomial carina distinct (Figs 1 E, F View Figure 1 , 2 E View Figure 2 , 4 E View Figure 4 , 5 E View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ); notauli distinct at least in anterior third and internotaular area distinctly more prominent relative to the scapula (Figs 1 F View Figure 1 , 2 F View Figure 2 , 4 F View Figure 4 , 5 F View Figure 5 , 6 A View Figure 6 ).

Number of species.

Four species are known, including the newly described species.

Biology.

Unknown.

Molecular data.

Unknown.

Geographical distribution.

Neotropical: Brazil ( Dessart 1981); Oriental: Malaysia ( Dessart 1981), Vietnam ( Alekseev 2004), Thailand (present study).

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Ceraphronoidea

Family

Ceraphronidae

Genus

Ceraphron