The unnatural grouping of Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904, and Pachycoelius Giordani Soika, 1969 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), and a remarkable new species

Autor(es)

Lopes, Rogerio Botion ; Carpenter, James Michael ; Noll, Fernando Barbosa

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: American Museum Novitates; v. N/A, n. 4020, p. 13-pg., 2024-06-21.

Resumo

Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre and Pachycoelius Giordani Soika are two small genera of Australian vespid wasps. While the first came from the splitting of Discoelius, the latter was created to accommodate species with a few distinct traits, some of which were not observable due to the absence of male specimens of two out of the three species designated to the genus. This already blurry delimitation of the genera was heightened when specimens of an unknown species presented a combination of characters from both genera. Hence, to properly assign this species to a genus, a phylogenetic study based on morphology was carried out before the species description. The analysis recovered both genera as unnatural, resulting in the synonymy of Pachycoelius under Deuterodiscoelius, and the new species, namely, Deuterodiscoelius delator Lopes and Carpenter, new species, was subsequently described. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/09215-6 - Desimpedimento taxonômico de vespas aculeadas: visões micro e macro-regionais da fauna neotropical
• Beneficiário: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 20/07895-7 - EMU concedido no processo 2019/09215-6: estereomicroscópio Leica modelo M205C
• Beneficiário: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Equipamentos Multiusuários
• Processo FAPESP: 21/00766-0 - Revisitando Zethus Fabricius, 1804 neotropicais (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae): integrando antigas e novas bases de dados para filogenia e explorando a taxonomia
• Beneficiário: Rogério Botion Lopes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado