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  • Phylogenetic overview of flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) reveals Elektroepyrinae, a new fossil subfamily
    Palaeoentomology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Wesley D. Colombo, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Celso O. Azevedo
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    The flat wasps, Bethylidae, are cosmopolitan and one of the most diverse families of Chrysidoidea. Bethylidae have 2,920 described extant species and almost 90 fossil species. The oldest geological record of the family is the Lower Cretaceous, from Lebanese and Spanish ambers and Transbaikalian rock fossils. Here we describe and illustrate one new fossil subfamily of Bethylidae: †Elektroepyrinae subfam. nov. represented by †Elektroepyris Perrichot & Nel from the lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France), which was cladistically assessed against all other eight subfamilies of Bethylidae. The new taxon is easily distinguished from other subfamilies by the forewing venation with the third abscissa of Cu present. Phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of all subfamilies of Bethylidae, with a matrix with 69 morphological characters and 22 terminal taxa from where †Elektroepyrinae subfam. nov. emerged as independent lineage from all other subfamilies.

  • Revisited phylogeny of Bethylinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) solves basal polytomy
    Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2020
    Co-Authors: Magno S. Ramos, Celso O. Azevedo
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    Bethylinae are a morphologically well-defined subfamily of Bethylidae, with remarkable characters, such as strongly convex clypeal carina and bifid and angled tarsal claws. However, there is no consensus about the phylogenetic relationships among the genera within the family, regarding mainly Eupsenella and Lytopsenella. To resolve this problem, a phylogeny of the Bethylinae is inferred based on parsimony analyses separately of 43 and 44 morphological characters for males and females, respectively. We performed combined analyses of both sexes with 49 morphological characters, including genitalia. We present a phylogenetic analysis, including a total 118 species of Bethylinae. Male and female characters were included in these analyses. We discuss wing morphology and deformability of forewings for the first time. In summary, the basal polytomy was solved for the first time. Seven of the eight genera were recovered as monophyletic groups. The unique exception is Goniozus, which was retrieved as paraphyletic in all topologies.

  • Revisited morphology applied for Systematics of flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae).
    Zootaxa, 2020
    Co-Authors: Geane O. Lanes, Ricardo Kawada, Celso O. Azevedo
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    The world fauna of the flat wasps (Bethylidae) is represented by about 3,000 valid species. The skeletal morphology of bethylids is still not adequately understood and the terminology is generally not standardized between its internal taxa and with other Hymenoptera families. The same scenario exists in most of the families in this order. To address this problem, we describe the external skeletal morphology of Bethylidae. We review the terms used to describe skeletal features in the Hymenoptera in general and a consensus terminology is proposed for Bethylidae, which is linked to the online Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology. The morphology of the studied specimens is illustrated with photos and line drawings. We also discuss the morphological variation at both subfamilial and generic ranks. Our analyses challenge hundreds of inappropriate, confused or imprecise terms traditionally used for Hymenoptera morphology. As a result, we have applied hundreds of updates of the terminology available online at the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

  • Synopsis of the fossil Pristocerinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of two new genera and six species from Burmese, Taimyr, Baltic and Rovno ambers
    Historical Biology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Wesley D. Colombo, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Fernanda T. Gobbi, Celso O. Azevedo
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    The flat wasps Bethylidae are a cosmopolitan family of aculeate ectoparasitoid of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larvae. There are only 73 fossil species so far. Here, we provide a synopsis of the foss...

  • Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae).
    Zootaxa, 2020
    Co-Authors: Isabel D.c.c. Alencar, Celso O. Azevedo
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    The world species of Apenesia are revised. Twenty-seven previously described species of Pristocerinae are addressed to Apenesia: A. amoena Evans, A. bicolor Vargas Terayama, A. chontalica Westwood, A. conradti Kieffer, A. delicata Evans, A. dominica Evans, A. flavipes Cameron, A. formosa Vargas Terayama, A. laevigata (Evans), A. levis Kieffer, A. leytensis (Terayama), A. makiharai (Sawada, Terayama Mita), A. malaitensis Brues, A. miki (Terayama), A. modesta (Smith), A. nigra Kieffer, A. parasitica (Smith), A. perlonga Correa Azevedo, A. proxima Kieffer, A. punctata Kieffer, A. sahyadrica Azevedo Waichert, A. singularis Lanes Azevedo, A. sjostedti (Tullgren), A. substriata Kieffer, A. unicolor Kieffer, and A. vaurieorum Evans. Additionally, 21 new species are described and illustrated: Apenesia amenula sp. nov.; A. aniela sp. nov.; A. azeda sp. nov.; A. beliella sp. nov.; A. berela sp. nov.; A. bifiela sp. nov.; A. celiela sp. nov.; A. chandela sp. nov.; A. cila sp. nov.; A. colombela sp. nov.; A. elela sp. nov.; A. esila sp. nov.; A. eura sp. nov.; A. farela sp. nov.; A. gabela sp. nov.; A. girena sp. nov.; A. goela sp. nov.; A. itoiela sp. nov.; A. joela sp. nov.; A. juliela sp. nov. and A. kelsiela sp. nov. The sexual association of A. celiela and A. azeda was possible due to biological data information. A key to species based on males is presented. The genus Apenesia is a parasitiod of beetles that live in galleries in dead wood or seeds.

Vincent Perrichot - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • New flat wasps from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber deposits highlight the bethylid antiquity and paleobiogeography (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
    Cretaceous Research, 2021
    Co-Authors: Corentin Jouault, Vincent Perrichot, André Nel
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    Examination of Hkamti and Tanai Burmese ambers reveals two new genera and species of †Lancepyrinae: Protopyris myanmarensis Jouault & Nel gen. et sp. nov. and Burmapyris azevedoi Jouault, Perrichot & Nel gen. et sp. nov. Protopyris Jouault & Nel gen. nov. is the first Bethylidae described from amber of the Hkamti deposit (lower Albian, mid-Cretaceous) in Myanmar. These specimens provide useful clues to understand the paleobiogeographic evolution of the †Lancepyrinae, since they are only predated by genera described from Lebanese and Spanish amber. These new taxa suggest a major paleobiogeographic scenario, since Burmese amber was probably produced on an island that separated from Gondwana during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. It thus suggests a possible earlier origin for the †Lancepyrinae, and thereby for the Bethylidae, in the Late Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous.

  • First records of the subfamilies Bethylinae (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) and Cleptinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in Upper Cretaceous amber from France
    Cretaceous Research, 2016
    Co-Authors: Pierre Cockx, Ryan C. Mckellar, Vincent Perrichot
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    Two new genera and species of fossil chrysidoid wasps belonging to the families Chrysididae and Bethylidae are described from Charentese (Fouras Bois-Vert and Archingeay) lower Upper Cretaceous amber of France. New taxa include: Sphaerocleptes neraudeaui n. gen. et sp., and Nucifrangibulum carentonensis n. gen. et sp. A new bethylid wasp is also described but left in open nomenclature. These findings are the first records of the subfamilies Cleptinae and Bethylinae in these deposits and time interval. The implications of these discoveries, and the features shared with previously known taxa are discussed.

  • Eocene bethylid wasps from French amber (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
    Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 2008
    Co-Authors: Vincent Perrichot, André Nel
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    The fossil record and geological history of wasps of the family Bethylidae is reviewed, and three new fossils are reported from Early Eocene amber of France. They all belong to the subfamily Epyrinae and are described as Rhabdepyris gallicus n. sp. – earliest known representative of this modern genus, Elektroepyris magnificus n. gen. and n. sp., and an undetermined Epyrini. The new fossils emphasize the high diversity of the subfamily Epyrinae during the Eocene.

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Jongok Lim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Global guide of the flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
    Zootaxa, 2018
    Co-Authors: Celso O. Azevedo, Magno S. Ramos, Isabel D.c.c. Alencar, Wesley D. Colombo, Diego N. Barbosa, Juan M. R. Vargas, Jongok Lim
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    The flat wasp family Bethylidae Haliday lacks global scale literature on their alpha taxonomy. The only world revision for the family was by Kieffer in 1914 and is fully out of date and somewhat useless; the only catalog for the family was made by Gordh & Moczar in 1990 and does not include hundreds of changes made since then; and the most recent world genera keys were proposed by Terayama in 2003, but do not reflect the current knowledge we have for the family. Given this scenario, we present a global guide of Bethylidae with diagnoses, taxonomic evaluation, keys, and a checklist of all their extant genera and subfamilies. We visited the main collections around the world, analyzed about 2,000 holotypes, and examined at least 400,000 specimens. To eliminate homonymies, we add the prefix “neo” to the original specific epithet when possible. The family is now composed by 2,920 species allocated in 96 genera distributed in eight subfamilies: Bethylinae, Pristocerinae, Epyrinae, Mesitiinae, Scleroderminae, Lancepyrinae, Holopsenellinae and Protopristocerinae. The latter three are extinct. One new family-group synonym is proposed: Fushunochrysidae Hong syn. nov. of Bethylidae. Two incertae sedis genera are allocated into Bethylinae: Cretobethylellus Rasnytsyn and Omaloderus Walker. One new genus-group synonym is revalidated: Pristepyris Kieffer stat. rev. from Acrepyris Kieffer. Sixteen new genus-group synonyms are proposed: Fushunochrysites Hong syn. nov. and Sinibethylus Hong syn. nov. of Eupsenella Westwood; Messoria Meunier syn. nov. of Goniozus Forster; Acrepyris Kieffer syn. nov. of Pristepyris Kieffer; Apristocera Kieffer syn. nov. and Parapristocera Brues syn. nov. of Pristocera Klug; Usakosia Kieffer syn. nov. of Prosapenesia Kieffer; Isobrachium Forster syn. nov., Leptepyris Kieffer syn. nov., Neodisepyris Kurian syn. nov., Rhabdepyris Kieffer syn. nov. of Epyris Westwood; Codorcas Nagy syn. nov., Hamusmus Argaman syn. nov. and Ukayakos Argaman syn. nov. of Heterocoelia Dahlbom; Domonkos Argaman syn. nov. of Incertosulcus Moczar; Ateleopterus Forster syn. nov. of Sclerodermus Latreille. One new genus-group synonym is revalidated: Topcobius Nagy syn. rev. of Sulcomesitius Moczar. One new genus-group revalidation is proposed: Incertosulcus Moczar stat. rev. from Anaylax Moczar. The following species-group nomenclatural acts are established: 153 new or revalidated combinations, 16 new names to avoid secondary homonyms, 11 species with revalidated status, and one synonym. Keys to the subfamilies and genera are provided. The text is supported by 599 illustrations organized onto 92 plates.

  • Updated checklist of Iranian Bethylidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
    Oriental Insects, 2018
    Co-Authors: Hassan Ghahari, Jongok Lim
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    AbstractThe fauna of Iranian Bethylidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) is summarised in this paper. Totally 34 species within 13 genera and five subfamilies (Bethylinae, Epyrinae, Mesitiinae, Pristoce...

  • Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), new to Korea and the first host record of Allobethylus Kieffer
    Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2014
    Co-Authors: Jongok Lim, Seunghwan Lee
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    Abstract Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) is newly recognized from South Korea. The genus can be easily recognized from other genera in Scleroderminae by having the head wider than it is long, the antenna with 10 flagellomeres, the clypeus with short projected median lobe, and the metasomal tergite II longer than the combined length of remained tergites. Description and illustrations of diagnostic characteristics of Pararhabdepyris paradoxus Gorbatovskii are provided. In addition, the present paper provides the first host record of Allobethylus Kieffer of Scleroderminae from the world. A revised key to genera and species of South Korean Scleroderminae is also presented.

  • taxonomy of the family Bethylidae hymenoptera chrysidoidea from cambodia and adjacent countries i genus odontepyris kieffer Bethylidae bethylinae with four new species and two new records
    Journal of Natural History, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jongok Lim, Seunghwan Lee
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    Six Odontepyris species are taxonomically treated. Four new species, O. acutus Lim, sp. nov., O. cardamomensis Lim, sp. nov. and O. concavus Lim, sp. nov. from Cambodia, and O. prolatus Lim, sp. nov. from Cambodia and Thailand are described. Odontepyris muesebecki Krombein from Cambodia, India and Thailand and O. formosicola Terayama from Cambodia, are newly recorded. Descriptions for four new species, diagnoses for two newly recorded species, and photographs of diagnostic characteristics for each species are presented. A key to Cambodian species of Odontepyris is also provided with their distributional records in Oriental region. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6BA54D20-8EA6-4F3A-9798-D1BDE9833B0B

  • New record of four Holepyris spp. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Korea
    Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jongok Lim, Seunghwan Lee
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    Four species of the genus Holepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Epyrinae), H. atamensis (Ashmead, 1904), H. benten Terayama, 2006, H. susanowo Terayama, 1999, and H. tsugaruensis Terayama, 2006, are newly recognized from Korea. Descriptions, biometric measurement data and diagnostic illustrations are given for each species. A key to Korean Holepyris species is also provided.