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Issue: Vol. 1191 No. 1: 1 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1191.1.3
Page range: 39–47
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new genera of Sclerodermini (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae; Epyrinae) with large, scolebythid-like prosternums

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, Maruipe, 29040-090, Vitória ES Brazil
Hymenoptera Wasps new genera and species Fiji Australia Brazil Ecuador

Abstract

The following new taxa are proposed, described and illustrated: Megaprosternum gen. nov. including M. longiceps sp. nov. from Fiji and M. pentagonal sp. nov. from Australia; and Solepyris gen. nov. including S. unicus sp. nov. from Brazil and Ecuador. Keys are provided for the genera of Sclerodermini and for the species of Megaprosternum .

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