Species

Olixon toliaraensis Lohrmann & Ohl, 2007

Olixon toliaraensis Lohrmann & Ohl, 2007:40 (key), 41, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Madagascar: Toliara Province, Forêt de Tsinjoriaky, 6.2 km, 84° E Tsifota, Elevation: 70m, 22°48'8''S, 43°25'14''E, 6-10 Mar. 2002 (CAS, BLF5965, leg. Fisher & Griswold et al.). - Lohrmann & Ohl, 2007Lohrmann, V. & M. Ohl 2007. The wasp genus Olixon Cameron in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Zootaxa 1465:39-46. (distribution); WWF, 2011WWF 2011. Treasure Island: New biodiversity on Madagascar (1999-2010). (distribution); Lohrmann et al., 2012Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. 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). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275. (example of recent new-species descriptions that are still based on fewer than five specimens or one sex only); Madl, 2017Madl, M. 2017. A catalogue of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Vespoidea) of the Malagasy subregion (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 49 (1):15-19. (distribution).

Area distribution map

map of Olixon toliaraensis Lohrmann & Ohl, 2007

Literature

  • Lohrmann, V. & M. Ohl 2007. The wasp genus Olixon Cameron in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Zootaxa 1465:39-46.
  • Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. 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). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275.
  • Madl, M. 2017. A catalogue of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Vespoidea) of the Malagasy subregion (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 49 (1):15-19.
  • WWF 2011. Treasure Island: New biodiversity on Madagascar (1999-2010).