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| Masona wow Dal Pos & Martens, in Dal Pos, Broad et Martens, 2024. |
ABSTRACT
A comprehensive review of the enigmatic genus Masona van Achterberg is provided. Two new species are described from the USA: Masona neon Dal Pos & Martens sp. nov. from Puerto Rico, and Masona wow Dal Pos & Martens sp. nov. from California. A key to the world species of Masona is presented, together with a discussion of the morphology of the genus and an annotated catalogue of the species. [Masona] timpaynei Quicke, 2019, is excluded from Braconidae and placed as incertae sedis in the Ichneumonidae, subfamily Neorhacodinae.
Keywords: Braconidae, Masoninae, taxonomy, North America, distribution
Davide Dal Pos, Gavin R. Broad and Abigail P. Martens. 2024. Small Jewels: Two New Species of the rare Genus Masona van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae), with A Catalogue of World Species and Comments on the peculiar morphology of the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy. 925(1); 135–160. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2457
