Anthobosca castanea
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Tiphiidae
Genus: Anthobosca
Name
Anthobosca castanea Kimsey – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Anthobosca castanea Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, Zootaxa 2175: 2-3.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from micromeria Bartalucci, which it most closely resembles, by the bicolored clypeus and the presence of a tyloid on flagellomere VIII.
Description
Male. Body length 4 mm. Head: inner eye margin slightly emarginate; flagellomere I as long as broad; flagellomeres II and XI twice as long as broad, flagellomeres VIII–X each with one tyloid; clypeal apex broadly truncate. Mesosoma: hindleg unmodified. Metasoma: segment 1 longer than broad; sternum VIII thickened apex broadly triangular, slightly longer than broad, apical margin spinose. Genital capsule (Figs. 5, 15, 25): gonocoxa broadest basally, narrowed medially, broadly rounded apically in dorsal view; aedeagus narrow, about 10 x as broad as long, apical lobes narrowly separated; volsella dorsal lobe extending diagonally from behind dorsal lobe of gonocoxa toward paramere, largely obscured by paramere and gonocoxa in lateral view; paramere basally strongly tapering toward base, 4 x as long as broad, apical lobe about twice as long as broad in ventral view. Punctation: body with dense small, contiguous punctures. Vestiture: silvery. Coloration: head, mesosoma and metasoma black, with pale yellow to whitish markings; clypeus white, with black dorsal margin; mandible white, with dark apex; underside of scapal apex white; whitish band along inner eye margin; flagellum bicolored, top black, underside orange; small whitish spot behind eye near vertex; pronotum with transverse whitish band along posterior margin and ventral whitish spot; tegula and wing vein bases white; tarsi, trochanters, palps and tibial spurs whitish; tibiae and femora partly whitish; paramere apical lobe whitish. Female. Unknown.
Materials Examined
Type material. Holotype3: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Ampijoroa Station Forestiére, 40 km306 nw Andranofasika, 130 m, 26 Mar.– 1 Apr. 2001, 1619.15 S 4638 E, Fisher, Griswold, et al., malaise trap in tropical dry forest, BMF 3520 (CAS). Paratypes: 4 3: 2 3: same data as holotype; 1 3: Amborovy, 6 km ne Mahajanga, 18 /iv/1994, 1540S 4620 E, M. Wasbauer; 1 3: Toliara prov., Forêt de Mahavelo, Isantoria River, 110 m, 28 /i– 1 /ii/2002, 244530 S 46926 E, Fisher, Griswold et al. colrs., MT, BLF 3237 (BME. CAS).
Etymology
Etymology. Anthobosca castanea is named for the bicolored, partly brown clypeus.
Distribution
Distribution. Map. 1.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, Lynn S.; 2009: Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae), Zootaxa 2175: 2-3. doi
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