Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

A revision of the parasitic wasp genus Bathyaulax Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

2007; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 1-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222930601121221

1464-5262

Riikka Kaartinen, Donаld L. J. Quicke,

Forest Insect Ecology and Management

The predominantly Afrotropical braconine wasp genus Bathyaulax Szepligeti is revised and an identification key provided. A total of 51 species are recognized as valid; 27 species are described as new. andrewi sp. nov., erythropus sp. nov., kvisti sp. nov., larjuskini sp. nov. vannouhuysie sp. nov. and williami sp. nov. from Kenya, artoi sp. nov., heinie sp. nov. and jimii sp. nov. from D. R. Congo, buntikae sp. nov. from Sierra Leone and D. R. Congo, nigroconus sp. nov. from D. R. Congo and Uganda, atrox sp. nov. from Uganda, bifoveae sp. nov. and varkonyii sp. nov. from Tanzania, ikonenie sp. nov. from Senegal, Kenya and Uganda, fritzeni sp. nov., juhai sp. nov. and ollilae sp. nov. from Saudi Arabia, kossui sp. nov. and marjae sp. nov. from Yemen, kupariensis sp. nov. and raunoi sp. nov. from Mozambique, nirgitarsus sp. nov. from Madagascar, ramosus sp. nov. and suvie sp. nov. from South Africa, pickeri sp. nov. from South Africa and Namibia, and pippolaensis sp. nov. from north East Africa, possibly Somaliland. Bicentra Achterberg & Sigwalt is synonymized with Bathyaulax, hence Bathyaulax concavitarsis (van Achterberg & Sigwalt 1987 Achterberg, C van. and Sigwalt, B. 1987. Three new genera of Braconinae from the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 61: 443–458. [Google Scholar]) comb. nov.; Bathyaulax atriceps (Kriechbaumer 1894 Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera ichneumonidae, a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis lecta.. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 39: 43–68. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), Bathyaulax gutta (Enderlein (1918) 1920 Enderlein, G. (1918)1920. Zur Kenntnis aussereupaïscher Braconiden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84A: 51–224. [Google Scholar]) and Bathyaulax pectinatus (Enderlein (1918) 1920 Enderlein, G. (1918)1920. Zur Kenntnis aussereupaïscher Braconiden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84A: 51–224. [Google Scholar]) are each synonymized with Bathyaulax martinii (Gribodo 1879 Gribodo, G. 1879. Note Imenotterologiche.. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova, 14: 325–347. [Google Scholar]) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax laeviventris Enderlein (1918) 1920 Enderlein, G. (1918)1920. Zur Kenntnis aussereupaïscher Braconiden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84A: 51–224. [Google Scholar] is synonymized with Bathyaulax foveiventris (Roman 1912 Roman, A. 1912. Die Ichneumonidentypen C. P. Thunbergs.. Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala, 1: 225–293. [Google Scholar]), syn. nov.; Bathyaulax krebsii (Cameron 1909 Cameron, P. 1909. On some African species of Braconinae in the Royal Berlin Zoological Museum.. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, 30: 1–27. [Google Scholar]) is synonymized with Bathyaulax hirticeps (Cameron 1909 Cameron, P. 1909. On some African species of Braconinae in the Royal Berlin Zoological Museum.. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, 30: 1–27. [Google Scholar]) syn. nov.; Goniobracon areolatus Szépligeti 1913 Szépligeti, G. V. 1913. Neus Afrikanische Braconiden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National Museums.. Annales Historico‐Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 11: 592–608. [Google Scholar] and Goniobracon abdominalis Szépligeti 1914 are synonymized with Bathyaulax kersteni (Gerstaecker 1871 Gerstaecker, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 37: 345–363. [Google Scholar]) comb. et syn. nov.; Bathyaulax nigriceps Enderlein 1920 Enderlein, G. (1918)1920. Zur Kenntnis aussereupaïscher Braconiden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 84A: 51–224. [Google Scholar] is synonymized with Bathyaulax lucidus (Szépligeti 1911 Szépligeti, G. V. 1911. Braconidae der I. Zentral‐Afrika‐Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebrisse der Deutschen Zentral‐Afrika‐Expedition, 1907‐08.. Annales Historico‐Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 3: 393–418. [Google Scholar]) syn. nov.; Goniobracon seminiger Szépligeti 1914 is synonymized with Bathyaulax perspicax (Szépligeti 1905 Szépligeti, G. V. 1905. Exotische Braconiden aus den aethiopischen, orientalischen und australischen Regionen.. Annales Historico‐Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 3: 25–55. [Google Scholar]) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax transitus (Szépligeti 1913 Szépligeti, G. V. 1913. Neus Afrikanische Braconiden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National Museums.. Annales Historico‐Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 11: 592–608. [Google Scholar]) is synonymized with Bathyaulax rufa (Szépligeti 1906 Szépligeti, G. V. 1906. Braconiden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National‐Museums. I.. Annales Historico‐Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 4: 547–618. [Google Scholar]) syn. nov.