Colocistis paxillata
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Tiphiidae
Genus: Colocistis
Name
Colocistis paxillata (Mickel & Krombein) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Aglyptacros paxillata Mickel & Krombein, 1942:673. Holotype female; USA: Colorado, La Junta (USNM).
Diagnosis
In Colocistis paxillata and Colocistis sulcata the gular carina is not elevated or angulate and does not meet the occipital carina. Colocistis paxillata can be distinguished from Colocistis sulcata by the sulcus on metasomal sternum I extending the same width for the length of the sternum.
Male
unknown.
Description
Female (Figs 29, 30).
Body length. 10.5 mm.
Head. 1.3× as wide as long (along midline) in anterior view; vertex with lateral foveae small, circular; occipital carina ending before hypostomal carina medially; transverse carina short and irregular on either side of midline.
Mesosoma. Pronotal disk 0.5× as long as broad in dorsal view, 1.8× as long as scutum; punctures 2–3 puncture diameters apart; propleura heavily punctured; forefemur without stout spines; foretibia without spines except apically; basitarsus with row of three spines on outer surface; tibial spur 0.9× length of basitarsus; hindcoxal ventral carina about half length of coxa, dorsal carina broadly lobate dorsally.
Metasoma. Sternum I with medial groove parallel-sided, extending to apical margin of sternum (Fig. 23).
Color. Reddish brown; vestiture pale yellow.
Distribution
USA: Colorado, Otero County; only the holotype female was seen.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; Wasbauer, M; 2013: Revision of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 33: 1-24. doi
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