https://mapress.com/zt/issue/feed 2025-10-08T11:47:04+13:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5705.1.1 2025-10-06T12:28:36+13:00 MARCO SELIS marcozetsu@hotmail.it

<p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Malagasy fauna of Eumeninae <em>sensu lato</em> (= Eumeninae, Raphiglossinae and Zethinae) is revised, with identification keys, photographic reference to all species and distribution maps. Thirty-three new species are described: <em>Afrepipona</em> <em>dilaticlypeus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Afrepipona</em> <em>ennesima</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Afrepipona</em> <em>imitans</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Afrepipona misinjo</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Afrepipona resoluta</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Alastor </em>(<em>Alastorellus</em>) <em>angulatus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Alastor </em>(<em>Alastorellus</em>) <em>curvatus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrteumenes</em> <em>deplanatus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrteumenes laevifrons </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrteumenes</em> <em>propodealis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrtolabulus</em> <em>emirufus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrtolabulus</em> <em>nivosus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrtolabulus</em> <em>oblongus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrtolabulus</em> <em>obscurior</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Cyrtolabulus</em> <em>tegularis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Eumenidiopsis</em> <em>pyriformis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes globosus </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes</em> <em>multipictus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes ornatus </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes sollicitus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes transuo</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Leptomenes tricolor</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malagassodynerus</em> <em>concolor</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malagassodynerus</em> <em>monstruosus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malagassodynerus</em> <em>pulcher</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malgachemenes</em> <em>aberrans</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malgachemenes albellus </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malgachemenes divinus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malgachemenes levigatus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Malgachemenes lobatus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Tuleara</em> <em>alboviridis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Tuleara</em> <em>elongata</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <em>Tuleara</em> <em>pruinosa</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> The following taxonomic actions are proposed: <em>Odynerus vatondrangyensis</em> Giordani Soika, 1941 (= <em>Simplepipona andreanicolor</em> Gusenleitner, 2004 <strong>syn. nov.</strong>) is transferred to <em>Antepipona</em> de Saussure, 1855 (= <em>Postepipona</em> Giordani Soika, 1974, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>, = <em>Simplepipona</em> Gusenleitner, 2004, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Antepipona vatondrangyensis</em> <strong>comb. nov.</strong>); <em>Odynerus pensus</em> Giordani Soika, 1937 is transferred to <em>Knemodynerus</em> Blüthgen, 1940 (<em>Knemodynerus pensus</em> <strong>comb. nov.</strong>); <em>Odynerus subventricosus</em> Giordani Soika, 1941 is transferred to <em>Malagassodynerus</em> Gusenleitner, 1992 (= <em>Giordania</em> Gusenleitner, 1995, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Malagassodynerus subventricosus</em> <strong>comb. nov.</strong>); <em>Odynerus sakalavus</em> de Saussure, 1890 is transferred to <em>Tuleara</em> Gusenleitner, 2000 (= <em>Immutatus</em> Gusenleitner, 2011, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Tuleara</em> <em>sakalava</em> <strong>comb. nov.</strong>); <em>Malgachemenes</em> Gusenleitner, 1992, <strong>stat. resurr.</strong> is withdrawn from synonymy and reestablished as a distinct genus; <em>Giordania nigra</em> Gusenleitner, 1995, <em>Odynerus hyalinelamellatus</em> Giordani Soika, 1941, <em>Odynerus melanus</em> de Saussure, 1853 (= <em>Odynerus malagassus</em> de Saussure, 1900, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>) and <em>Odynerus parvilamellatus</em> Giordani Soika, 1941 are considered <em><strong>incertae sedis</strong></em>; <em>Labus floricola</em> de Saussure, 1890, <em>Leptomenes laethificus</em> Giordani Soika, 1941, <em>Odynerus adulescens</em> Giordani Soika, 1941, <em>Odynerus antisrabensis</em> Giordani Soika, 1941, <em>Odynerus puer</em> Giordani Soika, 1941 and <em>Odynerus viridipictus</em> Giordani Soika, 1941 are designated as <em><strong>nomina dubia</strong></em>. The females of <em>Afrepipona segregata</em> Selis &amp; Carpenter, 2024 and <em>Tuleara nigrita</em> Gusenleitner, 2005 <strong>stat. nov.</strong>, and the males of <em>Antepipona declarata</em> Giordani Soika, 1991, <em>Cyrtolabulus flavorufus</em> Selis, 2024, <em>Cyrtolabulus rhombicus</em> Gusenleitner, 2004 and <em>Malgachemenes angustus</em> Gusenleitner, 1992 are described for the first time. The genera <em>Antodynerus</em> de Saussure, 1855 and <em>Eumenidiopsis</em> Giordani Soika, 1939 are recorded from Madagascar for the first time. The present revision brings the total of Eumeninae <em>s. l.</em> known for Madagascar to 76 species.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p>

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