Nesostenodentus Cushman 1922
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando 4110 Libra Dr. Rm 442, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
- 2. Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
- 3. Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247, Munich, Germany.
- 4. Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa. & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
- 5. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Description
Genus Nesostenodentus Cushman, 1922
Nesostenodontus Cushman, 1922: 554. Type species: Nesostenodontus bakeri Cushman, 1922, by original designation and monotypy.
Remarks
Cushman (1922: 554) described the genus Nesostenodontus to accommodate only one species, N. bakeri Cushman, 1922, based on the following combination of characters: (1) unidentate mandible; (2) swollen genae and head almost cubic; (3) strongly dentate clypeus; (4) propodeum almost devoid of carinae, without long spines; (5) scutellum not bordered by carina; gastrocoeli and thyridia indistinct. Later on, Heinrich (1934: 129) added a new species to the count, N. celebensis Heinrich, 1934, whereas Cushman (1937: 284), while describing N. formosanus Cushman, 1937, identified some variation within the genus: the very elongated malar space, the convex clypeus, and the distinct anterior and posterior propodeal carinae. A close examination of the holotype of Heterishcnus mkomazi Rousse & van Noort, 2013 revealed that the species shares many features with the genus Nesostenodontus. Therefore, we transfer mkomazi to the genus Nesostenodontus. Below, we provide reasons for this new combination together with a new diagnosis of the species.
Before this contribution, the genus was recorded only from the Indomalayan region. This new combination marks the first record for the Afrotropical region.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Cushman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Ichneumonidae
- Genus
- Nesostenodentus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nesostenodentus Cushman, 1922 sec. Pos, Claridge, Diller, Noort & Giovanni, 2023
References
- Cushman R. A. 1922. New Oriental and Australian Ichneumonidae. Philippine Journal of Science 20: 543 - 597. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 26488
- Heinrich G. 1934. Die Ichneumoninae von Celebes bearbeitet auf grund der Ausbeute der Celebes Expedition G. Heinrich 1930 - 1932. Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin 20: 1 - 263.
- Cushman R. A. 1937. H. Sauter's Formosa Collection: Ichneumonidae. Arbeiten uber morphologische und taxonomische Entomologie 4: 283 - 311.
- Rousse P., van Noort S. & Diller E. 2013. Revision of the Afrotropical Phaeogenini (Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species. ZooKeys 354: 1 - 85. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 354.5968