Myzinella Guiglia, 1959

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2011, Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22, pp. 45-68 : 51-52

Genus Myzinella Guiglia Fig. 6

Myzinella Guiglia 1959:2.

Type species:

Myzinella patrizii Guiglia 1959. Original designation.

Discussion.

Bartalucci (2005) published the first record of Myzinella from Madagascar, although the genus is known from mainland Africa, India and Iran. A second, new species, Myzinellaminima , was present in the materials examined for this review from the California Academy of Sciences Madagascar project and is described below.

The most distinctive features of male Myzinella are the abruptly up curved uncus, short, nodose metasomal tergum I, metasomal terga III-VII with an abruptly elevated transverse ridge or flange separating the smooth anterior surface that slides beneath the preceding tergum from the tergal disk and the subapical metasomal sternum is broadly truncate apically.

Hosts:

unknown for the genus.

Key to species of Myzinella (males)

	Metasomal segment I red; tegula with posterior depression; flagellum not apically dilated, apical flagellomere more than twice as long as broad	Myzinella festiva Bartalucci
	Metasomal segment I black; tegula evenly rounded; Myzinella flagellum apically dilated, apical flagellomere less than twice as long as broad	Myzinella minima sp. n.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Lateral view of males. 1 Methocha 2 Anthobosca 3 Tiphia (uncus obscured by genital capsule shown in inset) 4 Mesa 5 Meria 6 Myzinella.