Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928

Castagnet, Jean-Baptiste & Cabon, Flavien, 2025, A new melanistic species of Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928 from the Philippines and taxonomic reassessment of Laevicampsomeris luzonensis (Rohwer, 1921) (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae, Campsomerini), Zootaxa 5701 (5), pp. 573-585 : 574

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.6

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scientific name

Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928
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Genus Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928

Campsomeris ( Megacampsomeris) Betrem, 1928: 138 ; Betrem 1933: 244; Betrem 1941: 59; Betrem 1947: 410, 415; Balthazar

1966: 219–221; Tsuneki 1972: 1–15; Osten 1999: 423. Megacampsomeris : Betrem in Betrem & Bradley 1972: 164, 175; Krombein 1978: 2, 8, 9; Argaman 1996: 213; Gupta &

Jonathan 2003: 23, 24, 78, 79; Osten 2005: 3; Lelej & Mokrousov 2017: 13; Mokrousov & Lelej 2017: 147; Kumar &

Rajmohana 2017: 3; Castagnet 2021a: 159, 165; Liu et al. 2021a: 102, 104, 105; Liu et al. 2021b: 144, 152–159; Pham &

van Achterberg 2023: 374; Taylor & Barthélémy 2021: 11; Taylor 2024: 992, 993. Borongorba Argaman, 1996: 213 (synonymized by Taylor 2024: 992). Fiharbuxa Argaman, 1996: 212 (synonymized by Mokrousov & Lelej 2017: 147). Ilkamilka Argaman, 1996: 212 Syn. nov. Lindenimeris Argaman, 1996: 212 (synonymized by Taylor 2024: 992). Susaynata Argaman, 1996: 212 (synonymized by Taylor 2024: 992). Titbisayda Argaman, 1996: 213 (synonymized by Taylor 2024: 993). Uthakkara Argaman, 1996: 202 (synonymized by Taylor 2024: 993).

Type-species: Tiphia grossa Fabricius, 1804 , by original designation.

Distribution. China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam ( Betrem 1928; Gupta & Jonathan 2003; Liu et al. 2021a; Pham & van Achterberg 2023).

Species included. In total, only three species of Megacampsomeris occur in the Philippines archipelago: M. bitschi Castagnet, 2021 from Mindanao, Luzon, and Panay; M. funesta Castagnet & Cabon , sp. nov. from Mindanao; and M. luzonensis ( Rohwer, 1921) , comb. nov. from Mindanao, Luzon, and Negros. These species can be differentiated using the following keys, which also include M. habrocoma (not present in the Philippines; in square brackets in the keys), a species closely related to M. funesta sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Scoliidae

Loc

Megacampsomeris Betrem, 1928

Castagnet, Jean-Baptiste & Cabon, Flavien 2025
2025
Loc

Campsomeris ( Megacampsomeris )

Betrem, J. G. 1947: 410
Betrem, J. G. 1941: 59
Betrem, J. G. 1933: 244
Betrem, J. G. 1928: 138
1928
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