2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Arachnophilia... the Cyphacolus Priesner (Scelionidae: Baeini): Review of the Afro-Oriental-Australasian species

Arachnophilia... the Cyphacolus Priesner (Scelionidae: Baeini): Review of the Afro-Oriental-Australasian species

Alejandro A. Valerio , Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Andrew Austin , Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Lubomir Masner , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
The spider egg parasitoid genus Cyphacolus Priesner is currently revised for the African, Oriental and Australasian regions. To date 13 new species have been identified from the previous 3 known species, increasing the total number of species worldwide to 16. Our research identified two potential species groups: the bouceki species group and the bhowaliensis species groups; based on our morphological study.