A Revision of Cresson Pate (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bembicidae) with the description of two new species

By

Packer, Laurence

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

85

Pages

81--117

Subjects

apoid wasp , Chile , cleptoparasite , host association , identification key , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.85.68023

 

Abstract

I describe two new species of the previously monotypic, Chilean endemic nysonine genusCresson:C. mariasteaPacker,sp. nov. andC. salitreraPacker,sp. nov., redescribe the type speciesC. parvispinosus(Reed) and provide an identification key for the three species. I clear up the confusion associated with the original type material of the latter species by designating a specimen from the type locality as thelectotype. The new species extend the range of the genus northwards, one by over 1000 km. I suggest putative hosts for all three species, all of which are in the generaTachysphexorParapiagetia.