Masarina mixta
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Vespidae
Genus: Masarina
Name
Masarina mixta Richards – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Masarina mixta Richards, 1962: 271, ♀; 268 (key to Masarina). Holotype: ♀, South Africa: Northern Cape: Nieuwoudtville (BMNH); Gess in Gess and Gess 1988[1]: 353 (key to Masarina); Gess, S.K. 1996[2]: 243, 244, 280, 299, 300, 301 (flower visiting); Gess 1997[3]: 71–73 (key to Masarina); Carpenter 2001[4]: 19 (listed); Gess and Gess 2003[5]: 57 (flower visiting, abbreviated collecting localities); Gess 2005[6]: 11–14 (key to Masarina); Gess and Gess 2010[7]: 45 (listed), 108 (flower visiting).
Additional material examined
SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE: Leliefontein (30.23°S, 18.16°E), 14.x.2002, 1 ♂ (white trap), 21.ix.2004, 3 ♀♀ (yellow trap); Remhoogte (30.23°S, 18.16°E), 7.x.2002, 1 ♂ (white trap) – (all C. Mayer); Sutherland district, Rooikloof Farm (32.26°S, 20.39°E), 30.ix.2009, 2 ♂♂ (visiting pale violet flowers Wahlenbergia near polyclada A. DC., Campanulaceae), 1.x.2009, 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (on ground between plants of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 5.x.2009, 2 ♂♂ (1 ♂ visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 8.x.2009, 2 ♂♂ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 9.x.2009, 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (1 ♀ visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada; 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ from yellow pan traps associated with Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 10.x.2009, 2 ♀♀ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada) – (all F. W. and S. K.Gess); same locality, 10.x.2009 (D. W. Gess), 1 ♀ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada) – [all AMG].
Provenance of previously examined specimens as recorded in abbreviated form in Gess and Gess (2003)[5]
SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE: Richtersveld National Park; Kamiesberg; Nieuwoudtville. WESTERN CAPE: Clanwilliam; Clanwilliam/Graafwater; Clanwilliam/Citrusdal.
Floral associations
Campanulaceae (Wahlenbergia). Previously found associated principally with the flowers of various species of Wahlenbergia, less commonly with flowers of Fabaceae: Papilionoideae (Aspalathus), Malvaceae (Hermannia (Mahernia)), and Scrophulariaceae (Peliostomum ) (see Gess and Gess 2003[5]: 57).
Taxon Treatment
- Gess, F; 2012: A new species of Masarina Richards 1962 from southern Africa, description of the female of Masarina ceres Gess 1997 and supplementary data on three other species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 25: 83-92. doi
Other References
- ↑ Gess F, Gess S (1988) A contribution to the knowledge of the taxonomy and ethology of the genus Masarina Richards (Hymenoptera: Masaridae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History) 16: 351-362.
- ↑ Gess S (1996) The Pollen Wasps: Ecology and Natural History of the Masarinae. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 340 pp.
- ↑ Gess S, Gess F, Gess R (1997) Update on the flower associations of southern African Masarinae with notes on the nesting of Masarina strucki Gess and Celonites gariepensis Gess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 6: 75-91.
- ↑ Carpenter J (2001) Checklist of the subfamily Masarinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). American Museum Novitates 3325: 1-39. doi: <0001:COSOTS>2.0.CO;2 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)325<0001:COSOTS>2.0.CO;2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gess S, Gess F (2003)A catalogue of flower visiting records for aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Department of Entomology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 529 pp.
- ↑ Gess F (2005) Three new species of Masarina Richards, 1962 from southern Africa with a key to all species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Masarinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14: 7-14.
- ↑ Gess S, Gess F (2010) Pollen wasps and flowers in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 18. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 147 pp.
