Seriatospidia n. gen. with a description of three new species (Hymenoptera Mutillidae)

Abstract

Studies of the African members of the genus Trogaspidia Ashmead 1899 have shown that the biseriata group, as defined by BISCHOFF (1920), which includes two species, described on female specimens, deserves a full generic status, named Seriatospidia. This new genus is defined by the abdominal vestiture pattern, which appears to be highly significant or the recognition of the taxa in the females of Trogaspidia s.l. Three new species, (junodiana, prostesemata and angolana), resulting from the study of formerly published as well as still unnamed material, are described. © 1996, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.