Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae)

摘要

The New World species of the brachypterous wasp genus Olixon Cameron are revised and five species are recognized: Olixon atlanticum Fernandez & Sarmiento-M., O. banksii (Brues), O. bicolor Roig Alsina & Martinez, O. melinsula sp. n. and O. testaceum Cameron. The new species and the previously unknown female of O. bicolor are described. An identification key and a distribution map for the New World Olixon are provided. The genus Olixon is more widely distributed throughout the New World than previously thought and here newly recorded from Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. ((c) 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)