Prococcophagini Kresslein and Polaszek, 2025

Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary & Heraty, John M., 2025, Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae), Journal of Natural History 59 (9 - 12), pp. 609-653 : 621

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2436124
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14982180
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4419F96A-9451-FFD0-609B-FD56DD04FBD5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Prococcophagini Kresslein and Polaszek
status	trib. nov.

Treatment

Prococcophagini Kresslein and Polaszek trib. n.

Type genus: Prococcophagus Silvestri, 1915 . urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4DC9F8E5-C44B-4BF3-81AD-7B2EA38E8DBE

Diagnosis

Antenna with contrasting white and brown segments; scape almost always laterally flattened and strongly expanded (rarely unmodified); often with evident trichoid and mushroom sensilla on flagellar segments. Mesonotum with mesoscutum uniformly setose; axilla subquadrate with 1–4 setae. Fore wing usually infuscate towards base and hyaline at apex.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Aphelinidae
SubFamily	Pteroptricini

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