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Abstract
Adults and associated larvae of Rentonium bicolor sp. nov. are described from New Zealand (North Island) and represent the first associated larvae of the Rentoniinae. Larvae and adults were found among the fruiting bodies of Hypocrea rufa (Pers.) Fr. (Ascomycota: Hypocreaceae). The larvae are morphologically similar to a previously described and undetermined larva but differ from it by the unpaired, hook-like urogomphus, four stemmata, and the apical antennal seta subequal in length to the antenna. Potential implications for phylogeny of Cleroidea are discussed. A catalogue of the genera and species of Rentoniinae is provided, along with comments about the status of Rentonellum loebli Kolibáč.
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:936541AB-1802-4C09-9032-7EF1FAAC912E
Acknowledgements
Leonie Clunie helped with specimen databasing and Zack Falin (University of Kansas) assisted with SEMC specimens. We thank Jiri Kolibáč for access to paratypes of Rentonellum loebli. We thank John Lawrence for discussions about our work and access to his manuscript in preparation and Nitish Anand and Sarah Dodd (Landcare Research) for the identification of the Hypocrea rufa. This research was supported by the New Zealand Ministry for Science and Innovation through the “Defining New Zealand’s Land Biota” programme.