Discovery of the Male of the Rare Afrotropical Species Tuberepyris codex Azevedo & Mugrabi (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)

S. van Noort; C.O. Azevedo

doi:10.4001/003.027.0043

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S. van Noorthttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-9741,^1,2,* C.O. Azevedohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2423-9388^1,3

¹1Research and Exhibitions Department, Iziko South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, Sout
²2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701 South Afr
³3Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Fernando Ferrari,

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: svannoort@iziko.org.za

Abstract

The male of the rare South African bethylid species, Tuberepyris codex Azevedo & Mugrabi, is discovered, described and illustrated. The conspecific gender association is established based on the high level of morphological congruence between the newly collected male and the known female specimen, facilitated by the unusually low level of sexual dimorphism for this subfamily. Both the male and female have the R and 1Cu cells completely fused in the forewing, a diagnostic character of this species, and a unique character within the genus.

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S. van Noort and C.O. Azevedo "Discovery of the Male of the Rare Afrotropical Species Tuberepyris codex Azevedo & Mugrabi (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)," African Entomology 27(1), 43-48, (25 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.027.0043

Received: 31 January 2018; Accepted: 12 July 2018; Published: 25 April 2019