Synopsis of Incertosulcus Móczár, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)

ABSTRACT

Since the original description of Incertosulcus Móczár, 1970 no species have been added to the genus, because of its unclarified taxonomic diagnostic characters. Herein we provide an emended diagnosis for this genus, describe and illustrate five new species, Incertosulcus pinotage sp. nov., I. pinotnoir sp. nov., I sauvignonblanc sp. nov., I. semillon sp. nov., and I. shiraz sp. nov., from Africa; and record for the first time a brachypterous form for the genus. We also transfer Incertosulcus ceylonicus (Móczár, 1979) to Heterocoelia Dahlbom, 1854. Additionally, we provide the first key for female and male species and a discussion about the main diagnostic characteristics of Incertosulcus Mórczár, 1970.

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KEYWORDS:

• Mesitiinae
• new species
• Africa
• brachypterous
• character discussion

Acknowledgements

We thank Antonius van Harten, Michael Sharkey, James Boome and all the curators cited in the text to provide the analyzed material. We also thank Renato José Pires Machado for the grammatical improvement. We also acknowledge grants from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), #473386/2008-9 and #620064/2006-4, the Taxonomy program, #563953/05-5, and #562224/2010-6 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Espírito Santo (FAPES), #3935842/2007 and #41106407/2008, for the scholarships granted to the second author. We thank two anonymous reviewers for the useful suggestions.

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