| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1989 |
| Authors: | M. De Meyer |
| Journal: | Journal of Natural History |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Pagination: | 725-765 |
| Keywords: | agricultural entomology, anatomy, Beckerias, beneficial insects, Cephalops, classification, distribution, keys, morphology, natural enemies, new species, Palaearctic Region, parasitoids, phylogeny, Pipunculidae, synonyms, taxonomy, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | The west-Palaearctic species of Cephalops and Beckerias are revised. Sixteen species are recognized including one new to science. Among the taxonomic changes proposed: C. curtifrons is considered a junior synonym of Beckerias pannonicus. The results of a phenetic and cladistic analysis are given. Berkerias is considered to be closely related to Cephalops but is still treated as a separate genus until the phylogeny of the pipunculid genera is better understood. A key and diagnostic descriptions are given for all species. The male and female terminalia and other taxonomically significant structures are illustrated. The geographical distribution is given as far as known. |