A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Robert A. Wharton; Karl Roeder; Matthew J. Yoder

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1855.1.1

A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Robert A. Wharton, Karl Roeder, Matthew J. Yoder

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Abstract

Westwoodia (Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae) is an Australian endemic heretofore known from only two described species. Three additional species are described here: Westwoodia gauldi Wharton and Roeder, n. sp. and W. romani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp., both from southeastern Australia, and W. rodmani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp. from western Australia. A neotype is designated for W. ruficeps, following a detailed morphological comparison of topotypic material from Tasmania with populations from mainland Australia. New host records are provided; known hosts all belong to the Perginae (Hymenoptera: Pergidae). A phylogenetic analysis of relationships among species is presented along with a key to species. Species richness is greatest in southeastern Australia, which may simply represent a collecting bias.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-40
Number of pages	40
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	1855
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1855.1.1
State	Published - Aug 22 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Key
Neotype
New species
Taxonomic revision

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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