title: Protosclerogibba australis gen. et sp. nov., new genus and species of sclerogibbid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from South Africa.
abstract: Protosclerogibba australis Olmi, Marletta, Guglielmino & Speranza, gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Kimberley (Northern Cape Province, South Africa). The female of the new taxon is the first micropterous sclerogibbid. Females of other extant Sclerogibbidae are always apterous, whereas fossil females can be apterous or macropterous.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Entomology Research Center, Via De Gasperi 10, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy.; Email: olmimassimo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Animal Biology section, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, Catania, 95124 Italy.; Email: amarlet@unict.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marletta
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Tuscia University, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy.; Email: guglielm@unitus.it.
authors.forename: Adalgisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guglielmino
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Tuscia University, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy.; Email: speranza@unitus.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speranza
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber / Q000737:chemistry; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009929:Organ Size; D013019:South Africa; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D018647:Amber