A Revision of the Wasp Genus Sericophorus F. Smith, 1851(Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)

摘要

The genus Sericophorus F. Smith is revised, a key to the species is provided, and acladistic analysis (based on morphological characters solely) is performed. Thegenus Zoyphidium Pate (= Zoyphium Kohl, 1893, nec Agassiz, 1847), treated as a subgenusof Sericophorus by Bohart and Menke, 1976, is here synonymized with Sericophorus.The following 33 are new species by Lomholdt: albitarsis (Australia),argentifacies (Australia), aurifrons (Australia), axillaris (Australia), cardaleae (Australia),confusus (Australia), cornutus (Australia), evansi (Australia), fissus (Australia),glossatus (Australia), halli (Papua New Guinea), houstoni (Australia), laticeps(Australia), lissonotus (Australia), mandibularis (Australia), nasicornis (Australia),nigrescens (Australia), nigripes (Australia), pectinatus (Australia), politus (Australia),protrudens (Australia), ruflcollis (Australia), rufithorax (Australia), sabulosus(Australia), sanguineus (Australia), setulosus (Australia), subalaris (Papua NewGuinea), triangularis (Australia), vicarius (Australia), viridescens (Australia),wheeleri (Australia), and xanthogaster (Australia), and the following 29 by Pulawski:ambonensis (Ambon Island), arrernte (Australia), barakula (Australia), bicellularis(Australia), centralis (Australia), chrysophorus (Australia), deserticola (Australia),flavipes (Australia), flavorufoniger (Australia), genalis (Australia), glaucus(Australia), glyptus (Australia), karrathensis (Australia), kurandae (Australia),maculatus (Australia), mesopleuralis (Australia), mimus (Australia), minys (Australia),multipictus (Australia), nasutus (Australia), nitidus (Australia), papuanus(Papua New Guinea), punctatum (Australia), riparius (Australia), rufus (Australia),scintillans (Australia), sparsus (Australia), tibialis (Australia), trichocephalus (Australia),and xanthomelas (Australia). Two of these species, centralis and kurandae,are described in the Appendix.