Tuesday, November 5, 2024

[Entomology • 2024] Gonatopus tagoi • Taxonomy of Japanese Gonatopus (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), with Description of A New Species

  

 Gonatopus tagoi 
Mita, 2024


Abstract
A new species of Gonatopus, G. tagoi sp. nov., is described from Japan. Previously uncertain species, Agonatopus gracilis Esaki & Hashimoto, 1932 is redescribed based on newly collected females. Currently A. gracilis is included in Gonatopus, however, the name Gonatopus gracilis is preoccupied by Kieffer, 1905. Therefore, Gonatopus gigantostratiotes nom. nov. is provided as a replacement name. An updated key to the females of Japanese Gonatopus is given.

Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, key, new replacement name, parasitic wasp, redescription




Toshiharu MITA. 2024. Taxonomy of Japanese Gonatopus (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), with Description of A New Species.  Zootaxa. 5506(1); 113-121. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.7