Abstract
Dicroscelio Kieffer is proposed as the senior synonym of Anteromorpha Dodd, Govinda Nixon, Aegyptoscelio Priesner, and Afroscelio Risbec, new synonymies. Members of the genus are found worldwide, but is most diverse in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. The generic synonymies result in the following new combinations: D. abdominalis (Sundholm), new comb., D. africanus (Risbec), new comb., D. ancillus (Kozlov & Lê), new comb., D. cernatus (Kozlov & Lê), new comb., D. cuberatus (Kozlov & Lê), new comb., D. deccanensis (Sharma), new comb., D. depressus (Galloway), new comb., D. dubiosus (Perkins), new comb., D. ferrierei (Masner), new comb., D. frequens (Priesner), new comb., D. glaber (Sharma), new comb., D. incertus (Nixon), new comb., D. latus (Sundholm), new comb., D. malabaricus (Narendran), new comb., D. nonus (Nixon), new comb., D. obscurus (Sundholm), new comb., D. poussi (Risbec), new comb., D. reus (Nixon), new comb., D. rufipes (Ashmead), new comb., D. tuberculatus (Sharma), new comb., D. ueleensis (Risbec), new comb., D. undinus (Nixon), new comb. Lectotypes are designated for Anteromorpha australica Dodd and Afroscelio poussi Risbec. The name Dicroscelio was misapplied by Masner for an undescribed genus in the tribe Scelionini s.str.; Axea Masner & Johnson n.gen., is formally described, and 16 species are treated: A. adro Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. atai Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. atriceps (Kieffer) n.comb., A. dorothae Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. eshu Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. fisherhala Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. kalanoro Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. kilen Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. mena Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. nommo Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. mwari Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. talana Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. yama Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. yasigi Valerio & Yoder n.sp., A. yurugu Valerio & Yoder n.sp., and A. zanahary Valerio & Yoder n.sp.References
Ashmead, W.H. (1894) Report on the parasitic Cynipidae, part of the Braconidae, the Ichneumonidae, the Proctotrypidae, and part of the Chalcidinae. Part III. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 25, 188–254.
Bin, F. (1981) Definition of female antennal clava based on its plate sensilla in Hymenoptera Scelionidae Telenominae. Redia, 64, 245–261.
Dodd, A.P. (1913) Australian Hymenoptera Proctotrypoidea. No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 37, 130–181.
Galloway, I.D. (1976) The types of Australian species of the subfamily Scelioninae (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, 33, 83–114.
Galloway, I.D. & Austin, A.D. (1984) Revision of the Scelioninae (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series, 99, 1–138.
Johnson, N.F. (1992) Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 51, 1–825.
Kelner-Pillault, S. (1958) Catalogue de quelques types d'Hyménoptères provenant de la collection de l'Abbé J. J. Kieffer. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (2) 30, 146–153.
Kieffer, J.J. (1910) Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de nouvelles espèces de Scelionides (Hym.) des îles Sechêlles. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1910, 292–294.
Kieffer, J. J. (1913a) Serphides des Îles Philippines. Insecta, 3, 253–462.
Kieffer, J.J. (1913b) Proctotrupidae, Cynipidae et Evaniidae. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats scientifiques. Hyménoptères, 1, 1–35.
Kieffer, J.J. (1916) Neue Scelioniden aus den Philippinen-Inseln. Brotéria, 14, 58–187.
Kieffer, J.J. (1926) Scelionidae. Das Tierreich. Vol. 48. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. 885 pp.
Kozlov, M.A. (1971) [Proctotrupoids (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) of the USSR.] Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 54, 3–67.
Lê X. H (2000) [Egg-parasites of family Scelionidae (Hymenoptera).] Fauna of Vietnam, vol. 3. Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi. 386 pp.
Masner, L. (1958) Neue Scelioniden aus Grotten von Französisch Äquatorial-Afrika (Hym. Scelionoidea). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 31, 45–51.
Masner, L. (1976) Revisionary notes and keys to world genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 97, 1–87.
Masner, L. (1980) Key to genera of Scelionidae of the Holarctic region, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 113, 1–54.
Masner, L. & Huggert, L. (1989) World review and keys to genera of the subfamily Inostemmatinae with reassignment of the taxa to the Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 147, 1–214.
Mikó, I., Vilhelmsen, L., Johnson, N.F., Masner, L. & Pénzes, Z. (2007) Skeletomusculature of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): head and mesosoma. Zootaxa, 1571, 1–78.
Narendran, T.C., Ramesh Babu, M.G. and Ushakumari, R. (2001) A new species and a key to species of Anteromorpha Dodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) of India. Journal of Ecobiology, 13, 293–296.
Nixon, G.E.J. (1933) A further contribution to the study of South Africa Scelionidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10) 12, 288–324, 465–479, 549–563.
Perkins, R.C.L. (1910) Supplement to Hymenoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis, 2, 600–686.
Polaszek, A., Agosti, D., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Beccaloni, G., de Place Bjørn, P., Bouchet, P., Brothers, D.J., Earl of Cranbrook, Evenhuis, N.L., Godfray, H.C.J., Johnson, N.F., Krell, F.T., Lipscomb, D., Lyal, C.H.C., Mace, G.M., Mawatari, S.F., Miller, S.E., Minelli, A., Morris, S., Ng, P.K.L., Patterson, D.J., Pyle, R.L., Robinson, N., Rogo, L., Taverne, J., Thompson, F.C., van Tol, J., Wheeler Q.D. & Wilson, E.O. (2005a) Commentary: A universal register for animal names. Nature, 437, 477.
Polaszek, A., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Bouchet, P., Brothers, D.J., Evenhuis, N.L., Krell, F.T., Lyal, C.H.C., Minelli, A., Pyle, R.L., Robinson, N., Thompson, F.C. & van Tol, J. (2005b) ZooBank: the open-access register for zoological taxonomy: technical discussion paper. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 62, 210–220.
Priesner, H. (1951) New genera and species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from Egypt. Bulletin de l'Institut Fouad I du Desert, 1 (2), 119–149.
Pyle, R.L., Earle, J.L. & Greene, B.D. (2008) Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific. Zootaxa, 1671, 3–31.
Risbec, J. (1953) Chalcidoïdes et Proctotrupoïdes de l'Afrique occidentale française. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 15, 549–609.
Risbec, J. (1956) Hyménoptères du Cameroun (3e contribution). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, (A), 18, 806–833.
Risbec, J. (1958) Contributions à la connaissance de Hyménoptères Chalcidoïdes et Proctotrupoïdes de l'Afrique Noire. IV. Prototrupoïdes du Congo Belge. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Sciences Zoologiques, Serie 8to, 64, 106–138.
Saraswat, G.G. & Sharma, S.K. (1978) On some Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from India. Memoirs of the School of Entomology, St. John's College, 5, 1–46.
Sharma, S.K. (1980) On two species of Anteromorpha Dodd (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from India. Oriental Insects, 14, 387–390.
Sharma, S.K. (1982) On some Scelionidae (Proctotrupoidea: Hymenoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 79, 319–342.
Sundholm, A. (1970) Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea. South African Animal Life, 14, 305–401.