Lethades Davis, 1897
Type species: Adelognathus texanus Ashmead, 1890. Monobasic.
Lethades amauronemati (Hinz, 1961)
Lethades buriator Aubert, 1987
Lethades cingulator Hinz, 1976
Lethades curvispina (Thomson, 1883)
Lethades erichsonii Hinz, 1996
Lethades facialis (Brischke, 1871)
Lethades imperfecti Hinz, 1996
Lethades kukakensis (Ashmead, 1902)
Lethades lapponator Hinz. 1976
Lethades lapponicus (Holmgren, 1857)
Lethades laricis Hinz, 1976
Lethades punctatissimus (Strobl, 1903)
Lethades scabriculus (Thomson, 1883)
Lethades schaffneri (Hinz, 1996)
Lethades schmiedeknechti Hinz, 1996
Lethades texanus (Ashmead, 1890)
A revision of the European species, including a key and much new information, was published posthumously by Hinz (1996) , edited by Horstmann.
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This description is expanded from that given by Townes (1970), who also provided a key to genera of Pionini. This redescription is based on specimens in the Texas A&M University collection and material borrowed from the CNC and AEI as well as the primary types of Lethades texanus (Ashmead) and L. kukakensis (Ashmead), both borrowed from the USNM.
There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.
This work would not have been possible without the groundwork provided by Ian Gauld’s study of the Australian and Costa Rican faunas, and we are particularly grateful for his assistance in many aspects of this study. We also thank David Wahl of the American Entomological Institute (AEI), Bob Kula of the USDA/Systematic Entomology Laboratory (USNM), and Andy Bennett of the Canadian National Collection (CNC) for extended loans of the material used for this study and also Dave Karlsson for sending valuable material from the Swedish Malaise Trap Survey (Trap 50, collection event 1222). Matt Yoder provided considerable assistance with databasing issues, and our use of PURLs (http://purl.oclc.org) in this regard follows the example of their use in publications by Norm Johnson. Heather Cummins, Andrea Walker, Caitlin Nessner, Amanda Ladigo, Cheryl Hyde and in particular Patricia Mullins graciously assisted with image processing, formatting, and literature retrieval. This study was supported by the National Science Foundation’s PEET program under Grant No. DEB 0328922 and associated REU supplement #s DEB 0723663, 0923134, and 1026618. Page last updated March, 2015.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DEB 0328922 with REU supplements DEB 0723663, 0923134, and 1026618. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.