Taxonomic history
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Parapenesia was originally placed in the
Pristocerinae (Bethylidae). Terayama (2003a) established a new subfamily
Parapenesiinae to accommodate this genus, which, based on phylogenetic
analyses, was recovered as an outlying clade within the Bethylidae. More
recently the genus, which is only known from females, was transferred to
the Plumariidae (Terayama, 2006). |
References
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Terayama, M.,
2003a. Phylogenetic systematic of the family Bethylidae (Insecta:
Hymenoptera). Part I. Higher classification. Academic Reports, Fac. Eng.
Tokyo Polytechnic Univ., 26(1): 1-15.
Terayama, M., 2003b. Phylogenetic systematic of the family Bethylidae (Insecta:
Hymenoptera). Part II. Keys to subfamilies, tribes and genera in the world.
Academic Reports, Fac. Eng. Tokyo Polytechnic Univ., 26(1): 16-29.
Terayama, M. 2006. Bethylidae
(Hymenoptera). In: Insects of Japan. 1-317pp. Edited by the Entomological
Society of Japan. Fukuoka, Japan: Touka Shoboo Co. Ltd. |
