This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Liao, Hauchuan, Terayama, Mamoru, Eguchi, Katsuyuki (2019): Revision of Taiwanese and Ryukyuan species of Propristocera (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4668 (4): 451-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.1

Abstract

The genus Propristocera Kieffer was very recently revived from the synonymy of the genus Apenesia Westwood, and consists of a total of 25 valid species recorded from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Only two of its species, P. formosimonticola and P. pingtungensis, have been previously recorded from Taiwan. In this study, we examined species of Propristocera collected from Taiwan and the Ryukyus based on external morphology, male genital morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses, gene markers: nuclear 28SrDNA, mitochondrial COI. In consequence, four species were recognized. Propristocera okinawensis had its record expanded from the Ryukyus to Taiwan, whereas P. kusigematii previously known from the Ryukyus was synonymized under P. pingtungensis, which was known from Taiwan. Furthermore, one new species, Propristocera seediq sp. nov., was discovered in Taiwan and the Ryukyus.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a6bd3b38-516d-45bd-a4f9-a3354e99d122
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FF9CFFDA1304E321FD41DC6CFFB6685A
Citation: Liao H, Terayama M, Eguchi K, plazi (2019). Revision of Taiwanese and Ryukyuan species of Propristocera (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), with description of a new species. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.