From the endemic New World halyine genus Brochymena, two genera are recognized. / Brochymena is redefined with 16 taxa. Four synonymies are established: B. marginella Stal = B. carolinensis (Westwood); B. pilatei Van Duzee = B. sulcata Van Duzee; B. laevigata Ruckes = B. myops Stal; B. exardentia Ruckes = B. lineata Ruckes. / Parabrochymena new genus, is erected to contain 8 taxa formerly included in Brochymena. P. inbio and P. ruckesi are newly described. P. barberi diluta is given specific rank. One synonymy is established: B. cuspidata Distant = P. haedula Stal. The status of P. aculeata remains uncertain. / Genera and species groups are described and keys to all taxa provided. As appropriate, for each species, the following are provided: original description citation, synonymies, type material, diagnosis, description, geographical distribution, chorological affinities, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic comments, natural history, and illustrations of important structural characters. / Evolutionary relationships are discussed based on morphological, ecological, and chorological evidence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.39235 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Larivière, Marie-Claude |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Entomology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001116670, proquestno: NN66548, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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