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Issue: Vol. 2811 No. 1: 7 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2811.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

The "false Eucoila" finally named; Striatovertex a new genus of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae)

201 Wellman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA
Department of Entomology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Göran Nordlander, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Hymenoptera Striatovertex Eucoila taxonomy Eucoilinae parasitoid wasp biological control dung fly

Abstract

The new genus Striatovertex is described to accomodate a distinct group of eucoiline wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) currently included in the nominate genus Eucoila Westwood, but known among specialists to not belong there for decades. They are characteristically large wasps with reduced wing pubescence, parasitizing dung-breeding Diptera, and are common in North and South America, but also present in Australia and Hawaii. Their diagnostic characters place them in what is currently Ganaspini rather than very close to Eucoila in Eucoilini, and this has been confirmed by earlier phylogenetic analyses. Diagnostic and other distinctive characters are reviewed, and thirteen new combinations are made for species belonging to this group.

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