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Issue: Vol. 5701 No. 5: 7 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.6
Page range: 573-585
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A new melanistic species of Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928 from the Philippines and taxonomic reassessment of Laevicampsomeris luzonensis (Rohwer, 1921) (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae, Campsomerini)

Independent Researcher; 9 Grand Rue; F–11400; Saint-Martin-Lalande; France
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge; Medical and Veterinary Entomology Unit; 5 Preah Monivong Boulevard; Phnom Penh; Cambodia; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; UMR-247 EGCE IRD; CNRS; Université Paris Saclay 91190 Gif sur Yvette Cedex; France
Hymenoptera determination key distribution hairy wasps morphology South-East Asia taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae, Campsomerini) from Mindanao in the Philippines, Megacampsomeris funesta Castagnet & Cabon, sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of both sexes. This new species, entirely melanistic with brown pilosity, is similar in habitus to M. habrocoma (Smith, 1855), M. laevivertex Betrem, 1928, and M. malaccensis Betrem, 1928 from Indonesia but differs mainly in its finer, denser and often coalescent punctation. In addition, the examination of multiple Laevicampsomeris luzonensis (Rohwer, 1921) specimens, including male genitalia, supports its reallocation to the genus Megacampsomeris. Thus the new combination is proposed: Megacampsomeris luzonensis (Rohwer, 1921), comb. nov. Finally, M. asiatica (de Saussure, 1858) and M. prismatica (Smith, 1855) are removed from the Philippines fauna. A determination key and an updated list of Megacampsomeris species from the Philippines are given.

 

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How to Cite

Castagnet, J.-B. & Cabon, F. (2025) A new melanistic species of Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928 from the Philippines and taxonomic reassessment of Laevicampsomeris luzonensis (Rohwer, 1921) (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae, Campsomerini). Zootaxa, 5701 (5), 573–585. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.6