TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moser, Marina
A1  - Ulmer, Jonah M.
A1  - Kamp, Thomas van de
A1  - Vasilița, Cristina
A1  - Renninger, Maura
A1  - Mikó, István
A1  - Krogmann, Lars
T1  - Surprising morphological diversity in ceraphronid wasps revealed by a distinctive new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Within the well-studied Palearctic entomofauna, it is often assumed that the discovery of new species is limited to resolving cryptic species complexes within dark taxa. Herein, we describe a highly distinctive species of Aphanogmus Thomson, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) from Germany and provide a COI barcoding sequence for the new species. We present a 3D reconstruction of the holotype based on micro-CT to serve as a cybertype. The females of Aphanogmus kretschmanni Moser sp. nov. are diagnosed by two rows of prominent spines on the ventral edge of the 7th metasomal sternite, a character set that has not previously been found in Hymenoptera. We analyse the functional morphology of the ovipositor mechanism and discuss hypotheses regarding the functional implications of the unique modification of the 7th metasomal sternite. Possible host associations are reviewed and the taxonomic placement of the new species is discussed.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 864:146-166 
KW  - dark taxa
KW  - functional morphology
KW  - DNA barcoding
KW  - micro-CT scanning
KW  - insect decline
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/69161
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-691612
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 864
SP  - 146
EP  - 166
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -