Brachymeria marmonti
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chalcididae
Genus: Brachymeria
Name
Brachymeria marmonti (Girault, 1924) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chalcis marmonti Girault, 1924b: 175 (♀, Australia, Queensland (OMB)).
- Brachymeria marmonti; Narendran 1989[1]: 253–254; Dahms 1984[2]: 795; Bouček 1988: 71.
- Brachymeria koduvalliensis; Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972: 345 (holotype ♀, BMNH) India; synonymised with Brachymeria marmonti (Girault) by Bouček 1988).
- Chalcis wittei Schmitz, 1946: 47 (♀?, (Tervuren)) Congo; synonymised with Brachymeria marmonti (Girault) by Bouček 1988).
Material
(RMNH). 1 ♀, “S. Vietnam: Dóng Nai, Cát Tiên N. P., Dong trail, Mal. traps, c. 100 m, 1–8.iv.2007, Mai Phu Quy & Nguyen Tanh Manh, RMNH’07”.
Diagnosis
Similar to Brachymeria megaspila (Cameron), but Brachymeria marmonti has hind femur black except an ivory patch apically (with large black medial patch and remainder yellow in Brachymeria megaspila) and posterior lamella of scutellum evenly convex medio-posteriorly (emarginate medio-posteriorly).
Description
(♀) Pre- and post-orbital carinae present; scrobe reaching anterior ocellus; scutellum with interspaces between punctures narrower than half diameter of punctures and often carinate; apex of scutellum rounded.
Host
Hyperparasitoid of Lepidoptera through Braconidae and Ichneumonidae.
Distribution
Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian regions. New record for Vietnam.
Taxon Treatment
- Narendran, T; van Achterberg, C; 2016: Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species ZooKeys, (576): 1-202. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Narendran T (1989) Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zoological Monograph. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 1–441.
- ↑ Dahms E (1984) A checklist of the types of Australian Hymenoptera described by Alexandre Arsene Girault: III. Chalcidoidea species F-M with advisory notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21: 579–842.