Taxonomic study of Baeosega and its allies, with description of a new species of Nipponosega (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Amiseginae)

By

Mita, Toshiharu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1041

Pages

1--25

Subjects

Asia , egg parasitoid , Stick insects , synonymy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1041.66267

 

Abstract

Three related genera of Asian Amiseginae,BaeosegaKrombein,NipponosegaKurzenko & Lelej, andOkinawasegaTerayama are revised. The male ofN. yamaneiKurzenko & Lelej and the female ofO. eguchiiTerayama are newly described. The following new synonymies are proposed:Baeosega humidaKrombein, 1984 =B. laticepsKrombein, 1984,syn. nov.;Nipponosega yamaneiKurzenko & Lelej, 1994 =N. kantoensisNagase, 1995,syn. nov.A new species ofNipponosega,N. lineatasp. nov.is described based on a female from Thailand. A key to genera and species ofBaeosega,NipponosegaandOkinawasegais given.