Orthogonalys gigantea (Smith, David R. & Tripotin, Pierre 2012)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Trigonalidae
Genus: Orthogonalys
Name
Orthogonalys gigantea Benoit – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Orthogonalys gigantea Smith, David R., 2012, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 1-1.
Description
Description. Female (Fig. 8). Length, 14 mm. Head black; inner orbits broadly from top of eye through malar area and gena, clypeus except for median V-shaped stripe, and mandible except apex white (Figs 11, 12). Mesosoma orange with hind corners of pronotum, lower anterior corner of pronotum, and metascutellum yellow. Legs dark orange; hind tibia and tarsus darker, nearly black. Metasoma dark orange with black spot at center of 1st tergite, small faint black spot at center of 2nd tergite, lateral and posterior bands on 3rd tergite, and most of tergite 4 except for white posterior margin; tergite 5 white; laterally and ventrally mostly yellow with black spot on 6th sternite and sheath black. Antenna missing (see male). Head from above nearly straight behind, behind eyes slightly expanded, distance behind eyes about equal to eye length (Fig. 12). Anterior width of mesoscutellum 0.8x medial length. Metascutellum 2x broader than long (Fig. 10). Mesonotum shiny with closely set punctures, mostly separated by shiny interspaces 1-2x puncture diameters. Propodeum with almost straight transverse carinae (Fig. 10).
Distribution
Distribution. Madagascar: Antsiranana.
Taxon Treatment
- Smith, David R.; Tripotin, Pierre; 2012: Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) of Madagascar, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 1-1. doi
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