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Prionopoda testacea Szépligeti, 1908: 90.
Neurogenia testacea: Roman (1910: 179-180).

Neurogenia testacea belongs to the Afrotropical group of species with a distinct spur ascending anteriorly from approximately the middle of the fore wing M+Cu (as in Fig. 1). All described species in this group are pale in coloration, but there is at least one species from Kenya that is more darkly patterned. Neurogenia testacea is difficult to differentiate from N. appendiculata Tosquinet, but specimens of N. testacea tend to lack the median portion of the basal transverse carina of the propodeum and the areola is thus open anteriorly and confluent with the basal area. Benoit (1955) provides a key to species that includes both appendiculata and testacea.

Distribution uncertain. Species originally described from ?? in ??? (Repository: NHRS).

Biology unknown.

This page was assembled by Bob Wharton as part of a larger collaborative effort on the genera of Ctenopelmatinae, and as part of a study of this genus prepared by Heather Hendrickson and Bob Wharton. The work is based on specimens in the Texas A&M University collection as well as material borrowed from China, MRAC, CNC, BMNH, and AEI. We are particularly grateful to Xue-xin Chen, David Wahl, Andy Bennett, Gavin Broad, and Eliane De Coninck for loan of specimens. This work would also not have been possible without the groundwork provided by Ian Gauld’s study of the Australian and Costa Rican faunas, and we are particularly grateful for his assistance in many aspects of this study. We thank David Wahl for useful feedback throughout our study and to Gavin Broad for exchange of information on Perilissini. Matt Yoder provided considerable assistance with databasing issues, and our use of PURLs (http://purl.oclc.org) in this regard follows the example of their use in publications by Norm Johnson. Heather Hendrickson and Mika Cameron graciously assisted with literature retrieval; Lauren Ward captured the image used on this page. Page last updated December, 2014.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DEB 0328922 with REU supplements DEB 0723663 and number 1026618.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.