Pristocera

Pristocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bethylidae
Subfamily:	Pristocerinae
Genus:	Pristocera Klug, 1808
Type species
Bethylus depressus Fabricius, 1804
Synonyms [1]
List DricrogeniumStadelmann, 1894 KathepyrisKieffer, 1907 MangesiaKieffer, 1911 NomineiaKieffer, 1911 TrichelobrachiumKieffer, 1914 NeodicrogeniumBenoit, 1957 DiepyrisBenoit, 1957

Pristocera is an Old World genus of chrysidoid wasps in the family Bethylidae. ^{[1] [2]} In the subfamily Pristocerinae, they are somewhat distinctive, as they can be recognized by males having a hypopygium split into two separate plates or the petiolar flaps in females. ^[3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Pristocera, but more exist: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [3]}

• Pristocera abdominalis (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera aethiopica (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera africana (Kieffer, 1911) ^z
• Pristocera agraensis (Kurian, 1952) ^a
• Pristocera alberti (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera albopilosus (Cameron, 1904) ^a
• Pristocera areolata Muesebeck, 1934
• Pristocera armaticeps (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera armifera Say ^b
• Pristocera aurata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera basutoense (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera bicarinata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera brunneus (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera cariana Magretti, 1897 ^a
• Pristocera cavigens Azevedo, 2025 ^a
• Pristocera centrale (Benoit, 1956) ^z
• Pristocera changmaiensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera chirindaense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera collare (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera commune (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera condadti (Stadelmann, 1894) ^z
• Pristocera congoense (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera depressa (Fabricius, 1804) ^g
• Pristocera drewsenii Westwood, 1874 ^a
• Pristocera eironeformis Turner, 1914 ^a
• Pristocera elongata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera formosana Miwa & Sonan, 1935 ^g
• Pristocera fraterna (Acrepyris) fraterna Evans, 1963 ^{b a}
• Pristocera gigantea (Arle, 1930) ^z
• Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 ^a
• Pristocera huberi Terayama, 2004 ^a
• Pristocera kinabalensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera lembana (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera liberiense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera masii Soika, 1933 ^g
• Pristocera maxima (Turner, 1917) ^z
• Pristocera morawitzi Fadeev, 2021 ^[8]
• Pristocera mufungwaense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera nyassica (Kieffer, 1906) ^z
• Pristocera orientalis (Cameron, 1888) ^a
• Pristocera poirieri Terayama, 2004 ^a
• Pristocera puncticeps Fouts, 1930 ^a
• Pristocera rosmara (Stadelmann, 1892) ^z
• Pristocera rufa Kieffer, 1905 ^a
• Pristocera sampwense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera sarawakensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera schoutedeni (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera sinhalensis Turner, 1928 ^a
• Pristocera spina (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera spinatum (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera spineceps (Masi, 1939) ^z
• Pristocera spinigera (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera sumatrensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera superba (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera tangana (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera thermophila (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera uniformis (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera urundiense (Benoit, 1956) ^z
• Pristocera zata Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zela Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zintica Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zonta Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zuncra Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[4] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[5] g = GBIF, ^[6] b = Bugguide.net ^[7] a = Azevedo, 2025 (oriental species only) ^[3] z = Zamprogno & Azevedo 2014 ^[1]

References

1. Zamprogno, Lidiana N.; Azevedo, Celso O. (2014). "Phylogeny and reclassification of Pristocera Klug (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)" . Insect Systematics & Evolution. 45 (1): 1–49. doi:10.1163/1876312x-04402003. ISSN   1399-560X.
2. "Pristocera Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. Azevedo, Celso O. (2025-11-13). "A New Oriental Species of Pristocera Klug (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) Based on a Couple Taken in Copulation" . Entomological News. 132 (5): 710–722. doi:10.3157/021.132.0511. ISSN   0013-872X.
4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
6. "Pristocera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
7. "Pristocera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
8. Fadeev, Kirill I. (2021-04-29). "Review of the genera Pristocera Klug and Pristepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Pristocerinae) of Russia and adjacent territories". Zootaxa. 4965 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.3. ISSN   1175-5334.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

External links

• Media related to Pristocera at Wikimedia Commons