A new species of Masarina Richards 1962 from southern Africa, description of the female of M. ceres Gess 1997 and supplementary data on three other species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae)

Abstract

A new species of Masarina Richards 1961, M. gabymariae, associated with Hermannia (Mahernia) diffusa L., Malvaceae: Sterculioideae) is described from a relict patch of Swartland Granite Renosterveld at Darling in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and the hitherto unknown female of M. ceres Gess 1997 is described from Graafwater in the same province. Supplementary collecting data are given for three other species of the genus, M. hyalinipennis Richards 1962, M. mixta Richards 1962 and M. strucki Gess 1988.

Journal

Title: Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Abbreviated Title: JHR

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Electronic): 1314-2607

ISSN (Print): 1070-9428

Publication date Created: March 23 2012

Publication date (Electronic): March 23 2012

Volume: 25

Pages: 83-92

Article

DOI: 10.3897/jhr.25.2442

Copyright statement: © 2012

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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