Redescription of Helorus ruficornis Förster (Hymenoptera: Heloridae), with a New Synonymy and New Afrotropical Specimen Records

Matthew L. Buffington; Robert S. Copeland

doi:10.4289/0013-8797.118.3.330

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Matthew L. Buffington,¹ Robert S. Copeland²

¹(MLB) Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS/USDA c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History 10th & Constitution Ave, NW, Washington DC 20560 urn:lsid:zoobank. org:author:603275DE-9AE3-40C6-8AD7-6A2AF7485F35
²(RSC) International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya and National Museums of Kenya, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi 00100, ; hunteriazeylanica@yahoo.com urn:lsid:zoobank.org:aut

Abstract

Research up to this point has recorded two species of Afrotropical Heloridae: Helorus ruficornis Förster and H. elgoni Risbec. After examining recently collected specimens from Kenya and Burundi, we have been able to better understand intraspecific variation within Helorus ruficornis, and as a result, we hereby synonymize H. elgoni with H. ruficornis, redescribe H. ruficornis, and illustrate the holotype of H. elgoni for the first time. We also discuss new collection records for Afrotropical Heloridae, as well as possible habitat preferences.

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Matthew L. Buffington and Robert S. Copeland "Redescription of Helorus ruficornis Förster (Hymenoptera: Heloridae), with a New Synonymy and New Afrotropical Specimen Records," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118(3), 330-344, (5 August 2016). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.3.330

Published: 5 August 2016

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