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Issue: Vol. 4729 No. 1: 28 Jan. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-01-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.12
Page range: 147–150
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Panama: Mystacagenia kimseyae sp. nov.

Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Estafeta Universitaria apartado 00017, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá 0824, Panama.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, 1124 Academic Surge, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A. Correspondence address P. O. Box 6820, Brookings, Oregon 97415, U.S.A. Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología, Universidad de Panamá.
Hymenoptera Pompilidae

Abstract

Mystacagenia Evans, 1973 is a strictly Neotropical genus of pompilid wasps (Pepsinae: Ageniellini), restricted to rain forest areas. The genus comprises four described species: M. albiceps Evans, 1973 (Peru, Brazil), M. bellula Evans, 1973 (Peru), M. variegata Evans, 1973 (Brazil), and M. elegantula Evans, 1980 (Panama). Mystacagenia is scarce in collections, with only eight specimens registered, all of these females (Evans 1973, 1977, 1980; Cambra 1993; Corro & Cambra 2011).

 

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    Corro-Chang, P.E. & Cambra, R.A. (2011) Diversidad de avispas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) cazadoras de arañas del Parque Nacional Darién, República de Panamá. Tecnociencia, 13 (1), 77–90.

    Evans, H.E. (1973) Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). IX. The genera of Auplopodini. Psyche, 80 (3), 212–226.

    https://doi.org/10.1155/1973/25131

    Evans, H.E. 1977 (1976) Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). X. Supplementary notes. Psyche, 83 (3–4), 263–270.

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    Evans, H.E. (1980) A new species of Mystacagenia from Panama (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 56 (3), 185–186.

    Kimsey, L.S. (1980) Notes on the biology of some panamanian Pompilidae, with a description of a communal nest (Hymenoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 56 (2), 98–100.