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PERGIDAE (HYMENOPTERA) FROM NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA IN THE BISHOP MUSEUM1

1980; Bishop Museum; Volume: 22; Linguagem: Inglês

0030-8714

David R. Smith,

Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

Ten new sawflies ofthe family Pergidae are described: Pergagrapta bensoni, P. owanda, P. sonoda, Pterygophorus breviantennatus, Lophyrotoma minuta, L. nacenta, L. towenda, L. zimba, and Cladomacra opa from the island of New Guinea, and Eurys sembla from Northern Territory, Aus­ tralia. Females of the genus Cladomacra are described for the first time. New distribution records are given for other species, including the first sawflies, Cladomacra sp., from the islands of New Ireland and Umboi. The Pergidae is the largest sawfly family in the Australian Region and the third largest in the Neotropical Region. Representatives are found only in the Australian area and in the New World. In the Australian Region, the Pergidae includes 9 subfamilies with 23 genera and 139 species (Smith 1978). This study deals with 5 subfamilies, Perginae, Pterygophorinae, Euryinae, Philomastiginae, and Perreyiinae. They are not common in many collections, especially from certain localities such as the island of New Guinea, but the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, has a significant col­ lection from New Guinea. The following notes from specimens in the Bishop Museum collection (BISHOP) include the first records of Pergagrapta from New Guinea, new species of Lophyrotoma and Pterygophorus from New Guinea, a new species of Eurys from Northern Territory, Australia, a new species of Cladomacra from New Guinea, descriptions of the females of Cladomacra which were not previously known, and other distribution records. The arrangement of taxa follows my catalog of Pergidae (Smith 1978). Subfamily PERGINAE Xyloperga uni vittata (Kirby)