The fossil crown wasp Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues in Baltic Amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae
Author
Engel, Michael
University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Lawrence, United States of America
Author
Ortega-Blanco, Jaime
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Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain & F 597 B 757 & F- 921 F- 47085 A 576641
text
ZooKeys
2008
2008-12-17
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.4.49
cdc50aed-51ca-47e9-adbf-a4f2710c5114
1313–2970
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695276C3-BA8B-4BCF-9754-A86CC7B1C77D
Subgenus
Electrostephanodes
Engel & Ortega-Blanco
,
subgen. n.
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Type
species.
Electrostephanus petiolatus
Brues, 1933
.
Diagnosis
.
Male
: Body of moderate-size (ca.
9 mm
); slender. Antenna with more than 20 articles (
23 in
type
species). Metacoxa without dorsal tooth; ventral surface of metafemur with three principal teeth, one blunt tooth near base, one larger blunt tooth near midlength, and one blunt tooth near apex, with seven minor, blunt teeth between principal teeth; tarsi pentamerous; pretarsal ungues simple; arolium present. Forewing with long, arched basal vein; vein Rs+M
b
absent; bullae absent; 2Cu
a
and 2Cu
b
present and tubular; 2A, 3A, and 2cu-a nebulous; hind wing with only Sc+
R
present. First metasomal terga and sterna elongate, about five times longer than wide, but distinctly separate (not fused as in
Stephaninae
, such as
Denaeostephanus
Engel & Grimaldi
, also in Baltic amber), thus forming “pseudo-petiole”, pseudo-petiole nearly as long as mesosoma; gaster slender, not distinctly thickened relative to pseudo-petiole, width gently tapering along its length.
Female
: Unknown.
Etymology
.
The new genus-group name is a combination of
Electrostephanus
and an adjectival derivative of
eidos
(Greek, meaning, “kind” or “having the form of”). The name is masculine (while generic words ending in the noun
eidos
are neuter, those ending in the adjectival derivatives, such as –
odes
or –
oides
, may be in practice any gender [masculine, feminine, or neuter]:
Brown, 1954
).