Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Chrysididae
Author
Rosa, Paolo
Author
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Author
Brothers, Denis J.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-20
4754
1
101
121
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.10
eb00b741-1a62-4192-a537-0c33708f2b12
1175-5326
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Kimseya
sp. nov.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula:
United Arab Emirates
(new record: specimens collected by Saji and van Harten, Rosa pers. obs.).
Extralimital distribution: No records.
Remarks: The genus
Kimseya
includes only one species so far,
Kimseya boharti
Antropov, 1995
, collected in
Uzbekistan
. Antropov (1995) included
Kimseya
in the newly established tribe
Kimseyini
, but its morphological similarity with
Elampini
was discussed by
Carpenter (1999)
. After examination of the original
type
material and of these new records we agree with
Carpenter’s (1999)
interpretation, and observe a close relationship with the genus
Prochridium
Linsenmaier, 1968
. Description of this Arabian
Kimseya
and a revision of the genus
Prochridium
are planned.