Phylogenetic relationships of Pluroides porteri, a new genus and species of Plumariidae from Argentina (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)

Abstract

Pluroides porteri, a new genus and species of plumariid wasp from the provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan in western Argentina, is described. The new genus Pluroides together with Mapluroides, Maplurius and Plumaroides, belong in a strongly supported South American clade, which is the sister-group to the African Myrmecopterinella.