Systematics and convergent evolution in three Australian genera of Pepsinae spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

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  • Akira Shimizu
    Department of Biological Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
  • James P Pitts
    Department of Biology Utah State University Logan UT 84322‐5305 USA
  • Juanita Rodriguez
    Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO Acton ACT 2601 Australia
  • Raymond Wahis
    Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro‐Bio Tech University of Liège Gembloux 5030 Belgium
  • Jin Yoshimura
    Department of Biological Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We treat the Australian spider wasp ‘Ctenocerini’, revising the systematics of <jats:italic>Maurillus</jats:italic> Smith, adding a new species <jats:italic>Maurillus argenticapitis</jats:italic> Pitts & Shimizu <jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold> and describing two new monobasic genera <jats:italic>Maurilloides</jats:italic> Pitts & Shimizu <jats:bold>gen. nov.</jats:bold> based on <jats:italic>Maurilloides nigrisoma</jats:italic> Pitts & Shimizu <jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold> and <jats:italic>Evansiclavelia</jats:italic> Pitts, Rodriguez & Shimizu <jats:bold>gen. nov.</jats:bold> based on <jats:italic>Evansiclavelia poecilopteryx</jats:italic> Pitts, Rodriguez & Shimizu <jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold> We further discuss the phylogenetic position of <jats:italic>Maurillus</jats:italic> and the convergent evolution of the modification in head and pronotal structures occurring in the above three genera, as well as in pompilids from other subfamilies, that parasitise trapdoor spiders.</jats:p>

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