Re-examination of Australian and Oriental species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a new record for the genus in Australia and a new species description

Brenna L Decker; James P Pitts; David Yuan; Juanita Rodriguez

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.5

Re-examination of Australian and Oriental species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a new record for the genus in Australia and a new species description

Zootaxa. 2020 May 4;4768(3):zootaxa.4768.3.5. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.5.

Authors

Brenna L Decker¹, James P Pitts, David Yuan, Juanita Rodriguez

Affiliation

¹ Utah State University, Department of Biology, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-5305, USA.. brennaldecker@gmail.com.

PMID: 33055649
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.5

Abstract

The genus Minagenia Banks, 1934 is reported for the first time from Australia. A new species, M. lasallei Decker, Rodriguez Pitts, sp. nov. (Australia: from Queensland to Tasmania), is described and illustrated. A key to the four species from the Australasian and Oriental regions is given. Three species are removed from Asian Minagenia: granulosa Tsuneki, 1989, comb. nov., to the genus Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837; pempuchiensis Tsuneki, 1989, comb. nov., to the genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965; and assimilis Smith, 1861, comb. nov., to the genus Dichragenia Haupt, 1950. Minagenia alticola Tsuneki, 1989 is a member of an undescribed genus. Placement of this species is maintained in Minagenia until the new genus can be described in a future work. Minagenia brevicornis (Banks, 1934) is redescribed.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, spider wasps, distribution, Australian, Oriental, Taiwan, Philippines.

MeSH terms

Animals
Australia
Wasps*