Open AccessTHE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF MONOMACHIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA), WITH A REVISED DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAMILY
Author(s) -
Naumann I. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1985.tb00241.x
Subject(s) - biology , hymenoptera , affinities , zoology , key (lock) , ecology , biochemistry
The family Monomachidae is considered to comprise Monomachus Klug (from Australia and South America) and Tetraconus Szépligeti (South America). A family diagnosis and key to genera are presented, and the generic placement of wing‐reduced South American females is discussed. Three Australian species of Monomachus are recognised: M. antipodalis Westwood (= M. antipodalis bendora Riek = M. osmondi Riek synn. n.), M. australicus Girault and M. hesperius sp. n. The dipterous host of M. antipodalis has Gondwanan affinities.