Anthobosca

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Tiphiidae

Name

Anthobosca Guérin de Méneville – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Anthobosca Guérin de Méneville 1838:237.

Type species:

Anthobosca australasiae Guérin de Méneville 1838:237.

Discussion

This is the least derived genus in the family Tiphiidae (Kimsey 1991). Both sexes are fully winged, with complete venation. Males are slenderer than females, with linear, cylindrical antennae. Females are less commonly collected than males, and are heavy-bodied with coiled antennae. The face is flat, without supraantennal lobes, similar to the face in Tiphiinae. There are fourteen Anthobosca species described from mainland Africa and ten from Madagascar (Kimsey 2009). Hosts are unknown for the subfamily.

Key to species of Anthobosca (modified from Kimsey 2009)

Key to species of Anthobosca (modified from Kimsey 2009) — L. Kimsey

1		Metasoma 6-segmented; ten flagellomeres; females    2
–		Metasoma 7-segmented; eleven flagellomeres; males    4
2		Head, mesosoma and metasoma concolorous brown; wing membrane amber-tinted; body over 25 mm long    Anthobosca insularis F. Smith
–		Head, mesosoma and metasoma blackish or blackish and red, often with whitish spots; wing membrane untinted or tinted with brown to black; body length less than 15 mm long    3
3		Metasoma black to dark brown, terga II–III with whitish lateral spots    Anthobosca madecassa Krombein
–		Metasoma red, terga II–III without lateral spot    Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci
4		Metasomal sterna II and III with large spoon-like ventral projections; metasoma with extensive yellow markings    Anthobosca hallucigenia Kimsey
–		Metasomal sterna II and III unmodified, without projections; metasoma without yellow markings    5
5		Body length 17–20 mm; wings dark amber-tinted; flagellomeres without tyloids; tegula brown    Anthobosca insularis F. Smith
–		Body length 11 mm or less; wings untinted; three or more flagellomeres with tyloids; tegula white    6
6		Flagellomere XI less than 2.2× as long as broad    7
–		Flagellomere XI more than 2.4× as long as broad    10
7		Flagellomere VIII without tyloids; clypeus evenly convex with narrow ventrally facing flattened apical surface    Anthobosca micromeria Bartalucci
–		Flagellomere VIII with one tyloid; clypeus without ventrally facing flattened apical surface    8
8		Flagellomere VII with one small tyloid    Anthobosca nigrimacula Kimsey
–		Flagellomere VII without tyloids    9
9		Volsella broadest submedially, dorsal lobe oriented diagonally; paramere apex brown    Anthobosca castanea Kimsey
–		Volsella broadest dorsally, dorsal lobe oriented horizontally; paramere apex whitish    Anthobosca toliaraensis Kimsey
10		Paramere apex white; flagellum strongly bicolored brown to black dorsally, yellow ventrally; digitus extending diagonally to horizontally toward paramere in profile    11
–		Paramere apex brown; flagellum brown to black, may be slightly paler ventrally; digitus extending diagonally toward paramere in lateral view    12
11		Clypeus evenly convex medially, entirely white or less commonly bicolored, black and white; volsella broadest dorsally, digitus horizontally oriented in lateral view    Anthobosca mahajangaensis Kimsey
–		Clypeus flattened medially, entirely brown or bicolored brown and black; volsella narrowed dorsally, digitus oriented obliquely in lateral view    Anthobosca namorokaensis Kimsey
12		Flagellomere XI 2.6–3.0× as long as broad; digitus diagonally to vertically oriented in lateral view    Anthobosca harinhalai Kimsey
–		Flagellomere XI 2.3–2.4× as long as broad; digitus horizontally oriented in lateral view    Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey

Checklist of Anthobosca species

1. Anthobosca castanea Kimsey 2009:2. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Ampijoroa Station Forestiére, 40 km 306° 2nw Andranofasika (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces.
2. Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci 2005:1082. Holotype female; Madagascar: Tuléar Berenti, 12 km nw Amboasary (LONDON). Distribution: Toliara Prov.
3. Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey 2009:5.Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov. Forêt de Mahavelo Isantoria River (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara, Toamasina, Antsiranana and Mahajanga Provinces.
4. Anthobosca hallucigenia Kimsey 2009:9. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toamasina Prov., Andasibe National Park (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Antsiranana, Finanarantsoa and Toamasina Provinces.
5. Anthobosca harinhalai Kimsey 2009:11. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov. Forêt de Mahavelo Isantoria River (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara and Tuléar Provinces.
6. Anthobosca insularis (Smith) 1879: 178. (Myzine). Holotype female; Madagascar (LONDON). Distribution: Ranomafana National Park and adjacent Fianarantsoa Prov.
7. Anthobosca madecassa Krombein 1949:52. Holotype female; Madagascar: Bekily (ITHACA). Distribution: Antsiranana and Toliara Provinces.
8. Anthobosca mahajangaensis Kimsey 2009:12. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National de Baie de Baly (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.
9. Anthobosca micromeria Bartalucci 2005:1083. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tuléar Morondava (LONDON). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.
10. Anthobosca namorokaensis Kimsey 2009:15. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Namoroka National Park, 16.9 km, 317° nw Vilanandro (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.
11. Anthobosca nigrimacula Kimsey 2009:16. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov., Réserve Spéciale de Cap Sainte Marie (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara Prov.
12. Anthobosca toliaraensis Kimsey 2009:16. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov., 12 km se Tuléar, (DAVIS). Distribution: Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces.

Taxon Treatment

• Kimsey, L; 2011: Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) of hymenoptera research/ Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 22: 45-68. doi

Images

Figures 1–6. Lateral view of males. 1 Methocha 2 Anthobosca 3 Tiphia (uncus obscured by genital capsule shown in inset) 4 Mesa 5 Meria 6 Myzinella.