Axea atriceps
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Axea
Name
Axea atriceps Kieffer – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Axea atriceps Yoder, Matthew J., 2009, Zootaxa 2003: 17-20.
Description
FIGURES 35–40.31 Axea atriceps (Kieffer) (OSUC167059). 35, dorsal habitus; 36, lateral habitus; 37, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 38, head and mesosoma, lateral view; 39, head, anterior view; 40, apex of metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters. or just reaching posterior margin of metasoma or surpassing posterior margin of metasoma. Hind wing submarginal vein: tubular from wing base to hamuli. Metasoma: Color of female metasoma: yellow to amber or orange yellow. Longitudinal sculpture of T 1: carinate, parallel to subparallel, interspersed with fine rugulose sculpture. Female T 1 horn: absent, sculpture more or less uniform throughout T 1. Anterior strip of T 2: nitid. Female T 6 width to length ratio: wider than long (striplike). Female T 6 carinate basal extension of http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226904 lateral spine: absent. T 6 /S 6 apical curvature: absent, sclerites more or less linear in lateral view. T 6 posterolateral margin: without short spine or carinate expansion absent or apparently so (Fig. 40). S 6 shape at tip: broadly rounded to very slightly angular, without obvious lobe. FIGURES 41–46.32 Axea atriceps (Kieffer), holotype female. 41, dorsal habitus; 42, lateral habitus; 43, mesosoma, dorsal view; 44, mesosoma, lateral view; 45, head, anterior view; 46, apex of metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Differs from other species in which the hind wing submarginal vein is present by the bluntly pointed metascutellum (Fig. 19). http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226905Link to Distribution Map.33
Discussion
Comments. Axea atriceps has a relatively broad distribution throughout Southeast Asia. Though there is noticeable size variation we were unable to discern corroborating characters which might suggest the existence of more than one species. The species is remarkably similar to the new species described here from India, A. yama. If variation in the form of the metascutellum is ultimately observed then the distinction between A. atriceps and A. yama should be revisited.
Materials Examined
Material Examined. Holotype female (Figs. 41–46): PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Los Baños, Baker (deposited in MNHN). Additional material: 21 females, 3 males. INDONESIA: 11 females, 1 male, OSUC167050, OSUC167055, OSUC167058, OSUC211691–211697, (CNCI); OSUC244014 (ROME), OSUC148626 (WINC). MALAYSIA: 2 females, OSUC167053 (CNCI); OSUC148625, (WINC). THAILAND: 6 females, 2 males, OSUC167054, OSUC167056, OSUC167057, OSUC211606, OSUC214393 (CNCI); OSUC235271, OSUC244012, OSUC244013 (OSUC). VIETNAM: 2 females, OSUC167052 (CNCI); OSUC167059 (ROME).
Taxon Treatment
- Yoder, Matthew J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Masner, Lubomír; Johnson, Norman F.; 2009: Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae), Zootaxa 2003: 17-20. doi
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