Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013

Noort, Simon van, Buffington, Matthew L. & Forshage, Mattias, 2015, Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera), ZooKeys 493, pp. 1-176 : 26-27

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.493.6353

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1FBFFA4C-A71F-495C-AD22-F2EB680FEF95

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7481E7D2-48F8-0229-29AB-762FDA4A84A8

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scientific name

Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae

Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013

Remarks.

Recently described genus endemic to the Afrotropical region.

Diagnosis.

Immediately distinguishable from other Afrotropical anacharitines by the presence of a distinct and complete medial longitudinal furrow containing cross-carinae on the mesoscutum. The ventral part of the mesopleuron is coriaceously sculptured, a unique anacharitine character state.

Distribution.

Afrotropical region: Comoros, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe ( Mata-Casanova and Pujade-Villar 2013; Mata-Casanova et al. 2014), Kenya (here).

Biology.

Unknown.

Species richness.

Acanthaegilopsis hemicoriaceus Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar, 2014 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)

Acanthaegilopsis malagasy Pujade-Villar & Mata-Casanova, 2013 (Comoros, Madagascar)

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Cynipoidea

Family

Figitidae

SubFamily

Anacharitinae