Nieves-Aldrey J L, Butterill P T
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, ES-28006 Madrid, Spain.; Email:
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia and Biology Center, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2014 Aug 1;3846(2):221-34. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.3.
Lithonecrus papuanus Nieves-Aldrey & Butterill, a new genus and species of inquiline oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), is described from material reared from galls on Lithocarpus celebicus (Miq.) Rehd., collected in Papua New Guinea. The new genus and species is the first record of a cynipid from Papua New Guinea and the whole Oceanian biogeographic region, and represents the easternmost oriental record of a cynipid wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). The new genus is similar to Saphonecrus Dalla Torre & Kieffer, and to the recently described Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó, but differs from these genera in several important diagnostic characters. Taxonomic affinities and differences with related genera and species and biogeographical implications are discussed.
巴布亚石蜂茧蜂属（Lithonecrus papuanus Nieves-Aldrey & Butterill），一种新的寄居于橡树瘿蜂的属和物种（膜翅目：瘿蜂科：协同瘿蜂亚科），是根据从新几内亚收集的石栎（Lithocarpus celebicus (Miq.) Rehd.）上的瘿中培育出的材料描述的。该新属和物种是新几内亚以及整个大洋洲生物地理区域瘿蜂的首个记录，代表了瘿蜂（膜翅目：瘿蜂科）在东方最东端的记录。新属与达氏蜂茧蜂属（Saphonecrus Dalla Torre & Kieffer）以及最近描述的石蜂茧蜂属（Lithosaphonecrus Tang, Melika & Bozsó）相似，但在几个重要的诊断特征上与这些属不同。讨论了其分类亲缘关系、与相关属和物种的差异以及生物地理学意义。
