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Trigastrotheca acroceropsis Ranjith & Quicke 2024, nom. nov.

  • 1. Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Thailand
  • 2. Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
  • 3. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
  • 4. Museum of Evolution, Zoology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE- 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
  • 5. Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Thailand & Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

Description

Trigastrotheca acroceropsis Ranjith & Quicke nom. nov.

Figs 27, 28

Acrocerilia tricolor Quicke & Ingram, 1993: 302, 306.

Diagnosis.

Tricolourous, orange-red, black, and ivory white. Mesoscutum orange-red without dark marks as in T. griffini Quicke, sp. nov. but differs in the black central area of T 2 being far larger and widening posteriorly. Basal lobe of claw largely rounded with small distal tooth (Fig. 28 D). In addition, see Quicke and Ingram (1993: 304, 306).

Notes.

After re-examining images of the male holotype Acrocerilia tricolor, we found that it is not conspecific with the type species of Acrocerilia, viz. A. pachynervis van Achterberg, 1989, also based on a male specimen, and we hereby formally transfer it to Trigastrotheca. The species name tricolor is preoccupied in the genus Trigastrotheca (T. tricolor Quicke & Ingram, 1993). Trigastrotheca tricolor is therefore a secondary homonym. Here we propose T. acroceropsis Ranjith & Quicke as a replacement name.

Notes

Published as part of Quicke, Donald L. J., Van Noort, Simon, Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil, Friedman, Ariel L. L., Mejlon, Hans & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, Revision of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 115-167 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 115-167, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.125014

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ranjith & Quicke
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Trigastrotheca
Species
acroceropsis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
nom. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Trigastrotheca acroceropsis Quicke & Ranjith, 2024

References

  • Quicke DLJ, Ingram SN (1993) Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 31: 299 - 336.
  • Quicke DLJ, Ingram SN (1993) Braconine wasps of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 31: 299–336.