Acanthaegilopsis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Figitidae
Name
Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Remarks
Recently described genus endemic to the Afrotropical region.
Diagnosis
Immediately distinguishable from other Afrotropical anacharitines by the presence of a distinct and complete medial longitudinal furrow containing cross-carinae on the mesoscutum. The ventral part of the mesopleuron is coriaceously sculptured, a unique anacharitine character state.
Distribution
Afrotropical region: Comoros, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Mata-Casanova and Pujade-Villar 2013[1]; Mata-Casanova et al. 2014[2]), Kenya (here).
Biology
Unknown.
Species richness
Acanthaegilopsis hemicoriaceus Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar, 2014 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Acanthaegilopsis malagasy Pujade-Villar & Mata-Casanova, 2013 (Comoros, Madagascar)
Taxon Treatment
- Noort, S; Buffington, M; Forshage, M; 2015: Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera) ZooKeys, (493): 1-176. doi
Other References
- ↑ Mata-Casanova N, Pujade-Villar J (2013) Acanthaegilopsis malagasy gen. n. and sp. n. of Anacharitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. African Entomology 21: 161–164. doi: 10.4001/003.021.0119
- ↑ Mata-Casanova N, Selfa J, Pujade-Villar J (2014) Description of two new species of Anacharitinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) from the Afrotropical region. African Entomology 22: 545–551. doi: 10.4001/003.022.0312