Meggoleus spirator

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Meggoleus

Name

Meggoleus spirator Townes, 1971 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

Material examined

BRAZIL: 1♀ (Paratype), Campina Grande nr. [near] Curitiba, Feb. 12, 1966, H. & M. Townes (AEIC). PERU: 1♀, MD [Madre de Dios], Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri, Qda Pinquiri, 70°51'33.96"W, 12°55'29.98"S, 421 m, 03–04.vi.2011, Malaise. [trap] B. Medina y L. Huerto (MUSM).

Key to species of Meggoleus (females only)

Key to species of Meggoleus (females only) — M. Alvarado

1		Epicnemial carina reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron near its midlength; first tergite without glymma (Afrotropical region)    Meggoleus townesi Khalaim
–		Epicnemial carina reaching subalar prominence; first tergite with glymma (Neotropical region)    2
2		Foveate groove on mesopleuron long, almost reaching to epicnemial carina (Fig. 6); metasoma brownish black to black, except pronotum reddish (Fig. 6)    Meggoleus fuscatus sp. n.
–		Foveate groove short (Figs 4, 5); metasoma laterally and ventrally reddish (Figs 4, 5)    3
3		Spiracle of tergite 1 large; separation between spiracles at most 1.1–1.2x spiracle diameter (maximum diameter measured between external margins of carina round spiracle), spiracles mostly located on dorsal part of tergite (Fig. 7)    Meggoleus spirator Townes
–		Spiracle of tergite 1 moderate sized; separation between spiracles 1.8–1.9× spiracle diameter, spiracles mostly located on lateral part of tergite (Fig. 8)    Meggoleus pampahermosensis sp. n.

Taxon Treatment

• Alvarado, M; 2012: Discovery of the genus Meggoleus Townes, 1971 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) in Peru, with the description of two new species ZooKeys, 163: 83-90. doi

Images

Figures 1–3. Lateral habitus of Neotropical Meggoleus species. 1 Meggoleus pampahermosensis sp. n., holotype female 2 Meggoleus spirator Townes, paratype female 3 Meggoleus fuscatus sp. n., holotype female.  Figures 4–8. Details of Neotropical Meggoleus species. 4 Lateral view of mesosoma of Meggoleus pampahermosensis sp. n., holotype female 5 Lateral view of mesosoma of Meggoleus spirator Townes, paratype female 6 Lateral view of mesosoma of Meggoleus fuscatus sp. n., holotype female 7 Dorsal view of first metasomal tergite of Meggoleus spirator, female 8 Dorsal view of first metasomal tergite of Meggoleus pampahermosensis, holotype female.