Pseudomegischus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Stephanidae
Name
Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, 2002 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Pseudomegischus Achterberg 2002: 169. Type species: Stephanus sulcifrons Schletterer, by original designation.
Diagnosis
Temple with pale yellowish streak along eye; pronotum with weak or strong transverse protuberance; hind femur comparatively robust and less elongate, largely smooth and with some punctures, ventrally with 2 large teeth; hind tibia with a ventral carina and/or with oblique striae ventro-posteriorly, inner side of hind tibia usually with wide submedial depression, occupying entire width of tibia or depression absent; hind tarsus of female with three tarsomeres; ovipositor sheath without ivory subapical band.
Distribution:
Philippines, Indonesia, insular Malaysia, Arabian peninsula, Africa (van Achterberg 2002[1]).
Note:
This species is included in the generic key because it may occur in China. At present 4 species were known worldwide (van Achterberg 2002[1]; Aguiar 2004[2]), but no species are known from China.
Taxon Treatment
- Hong, C; van Achterberg, C; Xu, Z; 2011: A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea) ZooKeys, 110: 1-108. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Achterberg C (2002) A revision of the Old World species of Megischus Brullé, Stephanus Jurine and Pseudomegischus gen. nov., with a key to the genera of the family Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 339:1-206.
- ↑ Aguiar A (2004) World catalog of the Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea). Zootaxa 753:1-120.