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Issue: Vol. 5418 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.2
Page range: 34-56
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Taxonomic revision of the Stenodynerus fastidiosissimus species-group in Western Europe and North Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Via dei Tarquini; 22 – 01100 Viterbo; Italy
CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA); Via di Corticella 133; 40128; Bologna; Italy
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR; Leiden; the Netherlands
Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden; University of Tartu; Vanemuise 46; 51003 Tartu; Estonia
Hymenoptera Mediterranean taxonomy new species alpine endemic solitary wasps barcoding

Abstract

The fastidiosissimus species-group of Stenodynerus de Saussure, 1863 is revised in Western Europe and North Africa, combining morphological data and DNA barcoding. Six species are recognized: S. difficilis (Morawitz, 1867) stat. resurr. (= S. fastidiosissimus auct.), S. fastidiosissimus (de Saussure, 1855), S. laborans (Costa, 1882) stat. resurr., S. montanus Selis, sp. nov., S. muelleri (Dusmet, 1917) (= Stenodynerus gusenleitneri Giordani Soika, 1986 syn. nov.), and S. rufescens Giordani Soika, 1977 stat. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Odynerus fastidiosissimus de Saussure, 1855 and Odynerus insularis André, 1883 non Smith, 1859. A key for the identification of members of this species-group is provided. DNA barcodes are published for every species, representing the first available sequences for the fastidiosissimus species-group.

 

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