A new species of Masarina Richards 1962 from southern Africa, description of the female of M. ceres Gess 1997 and supplementary data on three other species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae)

By

Gess, F W

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

25

Pages

83-92

Subjects

floral associations , Southern Africa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.25.2442

 

Abstract

A new species of Masarina Richards 1961, M. gabymariae, associated with Hermannia (Mahernia) diffusa L., Malvaceae: Sterculioideae) is described from a relict patch of Swartland Granite Renosterveld at Darling in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and the hitherto unknown female of M. ceres Gess 1997 is described from Graafwater in the same province. Supplementary collecting data are given for three other species of the genus, M. hyalinipennis Richards 1962, M. mixta Richards 1962 and M. strucki Gess 1988.