Laboratrio de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera (LBCH), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paran, Cx. Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. .
Zootaxa. 2022 May 9;5134(1):125-134. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.1.6.
Scolebythidae are ectoparasitoid wasps which develop gregariously as idiobionts on wood-boring beetle larvae. Among them, the genus Clystopsenella is restricted to the Neotropical region and the eastern coast of Australia. The genus also includes a fossil species, Clystopsenella mirabilis Engel, 2015, from Miocene Dominican amber. In the present study we review the genus Clystopsenella and describe a new species from Costa Rica, Clystopsenella pacifica sp. nov. A key to the extant and extinct species is provided. The type locality of Clystopsenella longiventris Kieffer, 1911 is reinterpreted based on the original labels. The distribution of the genus is mostly confined to woodlands under tropical and subtropical climates. The biology of scolebythids is discussed based on a new host record for C. longiventris.
褶翅小蜂科是一类外寄生蜂，它们在钻蛀性甲虫幼虫体内以拟寄生的方式共生发育。其中，Clystopsenella 属仅限于新热带地区和澳大利亚东海岸。该属还包括一个化石种，即中中新世多米尼加琥珀中的 Clystopsenella mirabilis Engel, 2015。在本研究中，我们回顾了 Clystopsenella 属，并描述了来自哥斯达黎加的一个新种，Clystopsenella pacifica sp. nov. 提供了现存和已灭绝物种的关键特征。根据原始标签，重新解释了 Clystopsenella longiventris Kieffer, 1911 的模式产地。该属的分布主要局限于热带和亚热带气候下的林地。根据对 Clystopsenella longiventris 的新宿主记录，讨论了褶翅小蜂科的生物学。
