Megaxyela bicoloripes ( Rohwer, 1924 )

Stephan M. Blank, Katja Kramp, David R. Smith, Yuri N. Sundukov, Meicai Wei & Akihiko Shinohara, 2017, Big and beautiful: the Megaxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) of East Asia and North America, European Journal of Taxonomy 348, pp. 1-46 : 9-10

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.348
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698070
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scientific name	Megaxyela bicoloripes ( Rohwer, 1924 )
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Treatment

Megaxyela bicoloripes ( Rohwer, 1924)

Odontophyes bicoloripes Rohwer, 1924: 215 (♀, type locality: USA, Mississippi, Agricultural College ).

Megaxyela bicoloripes – Ross 1932: 162–164 (combination). ― Smith & Schiff 1998: 639–640 (key), 642 (description, distribution, references), figs 10, 14, 26–29, 34.

Material examined

USA: 1 ♀, West Virginia, Pocahontas County, Monongahela National Forest , ca 38.63° N, 79.83° W, Plot 17, lower Site , 7 May 2001, Malaise trap, L. Butler & J. Strazanac leg., DEI-GISHym 30766 ( USNM). GoogleMaps

Remarks

The above data from West Virginia represent a new state record. Among others, the species has been found in the neighboring states of Pennsylvania and Virginia ( Smith & Schiff 1998).

References

Rohwer S. A. 1924. A new sawfly of the family Xyelidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 26: 215.

Ross H. H. 1932. The hymenopterous family Xyelidae in North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 25: 153 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 25.1.153

Smith D. R. & Schiff N. M. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 636 - 657.