Olmi Massimo, Marletta Alessandro, Guglielmino Adalgisa, Speranza Stefano
Tropical Entomology Research Center, Via De Gasperi 10, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy.; Email:
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Animal Biology section, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, Catania, 95124 Italy.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Mar 1;4085(1):127-34. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.6.
Protosclerogibba australis Olmi, Marletta, Guglielmino & Speranza, gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Kimberley (Northern Cape Province, South Africa). The female of the new taxon is the first micropterous sclerogibbid. Females of other extant Sclerogibbidae are always apterous, whereas fossil females can be apterous or macropterous.
南方原硬腹姬蜂Protosclerogibba australis Olmi、Marletta、Guglielmino和Speranza,新属及新种,根据在南非北开普省金伯利采集的标本进行了描述和图示。新分类单元的雌性是首个具微翅的硬腹姬蜂。其他现存硬腹姬蜂科的雌性总是无翅的,而化石雌性可能无翅或具大翅。