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)
Author(s) -
Friedrich W Gess
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of hymenoptera research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1314-2607
pISSN - 1070-9428
DOI - 10.3897/jhr.25.2442
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , genus , vespidae , cape , biology , zoology , ecology , geography , archaeology
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
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