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Athetocephus madecassus Benson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cephoidea; Family: Cephidae; Subfamily: Athetocephinae; Genus: Athetocephus)

Athetocephus madecassus Benson, 1935. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Vallée du Sambirano, Nosy Mitsio, Madagascar.

Distribution

Madagascar (Prov. Antsiranana: Vallée du Sambirano, Nosy Mitsio).

Biology

Host plant unknown, but larvae are likely to feed inside grass stems or twigs of woody plants as is typical for the family.

References

Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The Genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species. Esakia, Fukuoka 31: 1-115.

Benson, R. B. 1935. On the genera of Cephidae, and the erection of a new family Syntexidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Tenth Series, London 16: 535-553.

Benson R.B. 1946. Classification of the Cephidae. Transactions of the RoyalEntomological Society of London 96 (6): 89-108.

Blank, S.M., Taeger, A., Liston, A.D., Smith, D.R., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shinohara , A., Heidemaa , M. & Viitasaari, M. 2009. Studies toward a World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2254: 1–96.

Chevin H. 1984. Note sur les Hymenopteres Tenthredinoides (XI). Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon 53 (9): 303-309.
Klima A. 1937. Cephidae – Syntexidae. In: Hedicke H. (ed.), Hymenopterorum Catalogus 2: 53 pp.
Magis N. & Pauly A. 2001. Captures récentes du Cephide Athetocephalus maculatus Benson, 1935 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Notes Fauniques de Gembloux 44: 112.

Goulet, H. 1993. Superfamilies Cephoidea, Megalodontoidea, Orussoidea, Siricoidea, Tenthredinoidea and Xyeloidea (pp. 101-129). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Muche, W. H. 1981. Die Cephidae der Erde (Hym., Cephidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Neue Folge, Berlin 28(4-5): 239-295.

Quinlan, J. 1974. The nominal taxa described by R. B. Benson and their types, with a bibliography of his works (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology series, London 30(4): 217-265.

Taeger, A. & Blank, S.M. 2011. ECatSym – electronic world catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 3.10, data version 38 (07.12.2011) Digital Entomological Information, Müncheberg.

Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1-1064.

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