A new species of Mengenilla (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Tunisia

By

Pohl, Hans
Niehuis, Oliver
Gloyna, Kai
Misof, Bernhard
Beutel, Rolf G. (Rolf Georg), 1954-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

198

Pages

79-102

Subjects

Mengenilla , Mengenillidae , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.198.2334

 

Abstract

A new species of Mengenilla Hofeneder, 1910 (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae) from southern Tunisia is described. Mengenilla moldrzyki sp. n. can be distinguished from congeners by a slightly emarginated posterodorsal margin of the head, compound eyes with a light tan dorsal part, mandibles with a narrow distal part, and a v-shaped pronotum. With the description of M. moldrzyki sp. n., eleven valid species of Mengenilla are currently recognised. Mengenilla moldrzyki sp. n. is the third species of the genus with known females and female puparia. First instar larvae, endoparasitic larval stages, the male puparium and the host are unknown. The new species is also the first strepsipteran with a fully sequenced genome.