Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae)
Author
Koch, Frank
Author
Pauly, Alain
Author
Hora, Zewdu A.
Author
Boevé, Jean-Luc
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
1
119
155
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.5
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1175-5326
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Genus
Neacidiophora
Enslin, 1911
Neacidiophora
Enslin, 1911
: 665
.
Type
species:
Neacidiophora africana
Enslin, 1911
[=
Neacidiophora calo
(
Konow, 1907a
)
], by original designation.
Remarks.
The 16 species (
Taeger
et al
. 2010
) of the genus
Neacidiophora
are endemic for the Afrotropical Region, and are revised by Koch (1998). Meanwhile,
N. quadrifoveata
Koch, 1998
is recognized as a misidentification and synonymized with
Kivua incrassata
Pasteels, 1949
by
Koch & Liston (2012c)
. Thus, 15 valid
Neacidiophora
species are known. The genus
Neacidiophora
is divided into two species groups, one with long antennae (more than 1.5 × as long as head maximum width) and flagellomeres 4–7 conspicuously longer than broad. In the other species group the antennae are shorter or maximally 1.5 × as long as head maximum width, and the flagellomeres 4–7 are not longer than broad. All Ethiopian species belong to the species group with shorter antennae, and they are bicoloured, more or less black and yellow.
Host plants.
Unknown.