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Berkshiria

Keith Bayless
Containing group: Pachygastrinae

Introduction

The two species of Berkshiria have a distinctive shape, suggestive of parasitic Hymenoptera, particularly Perilampidae. B. albistylum is found throughout North America and B. hungarica is native to Eastern Europe (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Berkshiria is distinguished from other Nearctic and Palaearctic Pachygastrinae by the shape of the antennal flagellum; the basal complex is longer than wide and composed of five distinct articles (James 1981).

References

James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. 1981. Manual of Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.

Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

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Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

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