Deilagaon, a New Genus of Indo-Malayan and Papuan Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae)

Abstract

Introduction of the new genus Deilagaon with descriptions of new species chrysolepidis (type-species) from the Philippines (type-locality Luzon, ex Ficus chrysolepis Miq.), Celebes, New Guinea (ex F. novoguineensis Corner), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Isis.; and annulatae from Thailand, Malaya (ex F.depressa Bl.), Sumatra, Borneo (type-locality N. Borneo, ex F. annulata Bl.), Philippines. Included is also Ceratosolen megarhopalus Grandi (1923) from Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Balabac Isl.).

Revision of the Australian species of Pleistodontes (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) fig-pollinating wasps and their host-plant associations

“…Pleistodontes froggatti –Grandi, 1916b: 150–159 (redescription female and male); Pemberton, 1921: 297–319 (biological notes); Muir, 1922: 12 (introduction into Hawaii); Swezey, 1923: 304; Timberlake, 1924: 419 (Honolulu and Waimea); Swezey, 1925: 372 (introduction into Hawaii); Timberlake, 1927: 552; Girault, 1927: 338, Cairns (female taken at light); Grandi, 1928b: 200 (type specimen examined); Lyon, 1929: 83–97; Pemberton, 1934: 379; Sakimura & Linsford, 1940: 454; Wiebes, 1963: 307; Corner, 1965: 25; Wiebes, 1966: 21; Wiebes, 1977b: 213–214; Wiebes, 1977a: 139; Boucek, 1988: 191; McKey, 1989: 665; Wiebes, 1990: 224; Wiebes, 1991: 141 (several localities from Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales); Wiebes, 1994b: 26–27.…”

“…ex Vent.) are considered to be, respectively, the same as P. froggatti (Wiebes, 1977a: 140) and P. imperialis but were never formally synonymized. Pleistodontes liszti Girault, 1932, a species still unrecognized, and Pleistodontes medionigra (Girault, 1933), transferred by Hill (1967a: 92) to Pleistodontes , are both considered to be the same as P. imperialis (Boucek, 1988) but are not formally synonymized.…”

“…Subsequently, he described Pleistodontes regalis Grandi, 1952 from Ficus pleurocarpa . Wiebes added seven new species from Papua New Guinea and adjacent islands, mostly collected from syconia by Corner or caught at light traps (Wiebes, 1963, 1968, 1977a). Boucek (1988), in his monumental work on the Australasian Chalcidoidea, made only two changes in Pleistodontes, synonymizing P. regalis with P. nitens and P. semiruficeps with P. froggatti .…”

Laying the foundations for a new classification of Agaonidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a multilocus phylogenetic approach

“…Waterstoniella and Deilagaon. Deilagaon has been allied historically to Waterstoniella on the basis of morphological evidences (Wiebes, 1977). Indeed, Deilagaon differs from Waterstoniella only by its club‐shaped antennae bearing numerous sensillae, but otherwise appears closely related.…”

A Multilocus Phylogeny of the World Sycoecinae Fig Wasps (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)

“…nov. 3). As pale wasp species are attracted to light at night (see 76–79 for the Agaonidae and [21] for the Sycoecinae), we could hypothesize that the first species exploit pools of F. chirindensis figs attractive at night whereas the dark species exploit pools of figs attractive at day. It has been shown that co-occuring agaonid species may have different longevity and ability to resist desiccation [80].…”