Dichragenia assimilis Decker & Pitts & Yuan & Rodriguez 2020, comb. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Utah State University, Department of Biology, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 - 5305, USA. brennaldecker @ gmail. com brennaldecker @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9878 - 1903
- 2. Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australian, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. david. yuan @ csiro. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4864 - 6615
Description
Dichragenia assimilis (Smith, 1861), comb. nov.
Pseudagenia (Minagenia) assimilis (Smith, 1861). Proc. Amer. Acad. Art Sci. v. 69, pg. 65–66.
Agenia assimilis Smith, 1861. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 4, pg. 80.
Remarks. Minagenia assimilis (Smith, 1861) was first described as a species in the genus Agenia from Celebes, Philippines and moved to Pseudagenia by Kohl (1884). Banks (1934) then included it as Pseudagenia (Minagenia) along with his described species M. brevicornis. The holotype specimen is now located at the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. An image was sent to us curtesy of the collections manager (Dr. James Hogan) in order to examine the specimen and the labels.
Wahis (University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium) examined this holotype in 1979, and identified it as a species of Dichragenia Haupt, 1950, specifically Dichragenia assimilis (Smith, 1861). Dichragenia is widespread throughout the Old World, but much work needs to be done on this genus. We agree with Wahis that the holotype specimen is a member of Dichragenia (Pepsinae: Ageniellini), and not a member of Minagenia, considering that the T1 is petiolate and the 2rs-m vein straight and angled basally. No publication has previously indicated this new identification; therefore, we create a new combination for this species.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Decker & Pitts & Yuan & Rodriguez
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Pompilidae
- Genus
- Dichragenia
- Species
- assimilis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dichragenia assimilis (Smith, 1861) sec. Decker, Pitts, Yuan & Rodriguez, 2020
References
- Smith, F. (1861) Description of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society, 4, 57 - 142. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1860. tb 01021. x
- Kohl, F. (1884) Die gattungen der Pompiliden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 34, 33 - 58. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 26501
- Banks, N. (1934) The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 69, 1 - 117. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 20023025
- Haupt, H. (1950) Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933 - 35). Pompilidae. Institut des Parcs nationaux du Congo belge, Fasc. 69, 1 - 61.