Abstract. A comprehensive review of the enigmatic genus Masona van Achterberg is provided. Two new species are described from the USA: Masona neon Dal Pos & Martens sp. nov.from Puerto Rico, and Masona wow Dal Pos & Martens sp. nov. from California. A key to the world species of Masona is presented, together with a discussion of the morphology of the genus and an annotated catalogue of the species. [Masona] timpaynei Quicke, 2019, is excluded from Braconidae and placed as incertae sedisin the Ichneumonidae, subfamily Neorhacodinae.
Dal Pos D., Broad G.R. & Martens A.P. 2024. Small jewels: two new species of the rare genus Masona van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae), with a catalogue of world species and comments on the peculiar morphology of the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 925: 135–160. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2457
This dataset includes 1 records.
NEON Biorepository Data Portal. Dal Pos et al. 2024. New species of the rare genus Masona (ID: 182) https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/collections/list.php?datasetid=182 accessed 2024-07-26).
