The description of Moritiella Buffington, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
Author
Buffington, Matthew L.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1237
61
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273453
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11755326
273453
Moritiella elegans
Buffington
n. sp.
(
Figs 1
A–C and 2A–E)
Description and diagnosis
As in description of genus, with: scutellar plate elongate with sides parallel (
Fig. 2
E). Differs from
M. astrudae
by having an elongate scutellar plate.
|
Etymology
|
| The overall |
coloration |
and |
lack |
of |
sculpturing |
give |
this |
eucoiline |
a |
very |
elegant
|
| appearance. |
Material examined
HOLOTYPE
.
VENEZUELA
: Merida, Merida City,
1860m
, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R.
3.V.1981
. L. Masner (
1 female
). Deposited in
CNC
.
Additional material.
PARATYPES
.
BRAZIL
: Rio Grande, Guanabara,
IX.1969
, M. Alvarenga (
1 female
) [
USNM
];
COLOMBIA
: Valle
10 km
S Cali,
1000m
, roadside by sugarcane field,
3.IV.1971
. W. Eberhard, C. Garcia (
1 female
) [
CNC
]; Vichada PNN, Tupairo Centro Administrativa, Malaise
17, 140m
19–29.VI.2000
, ‘Muestra 268’, W.
Villalba, coll. (
1 female
,
DNA
voucher MB085, UCR56842) [
UCRC
];
ECUADOR
: Napo Province, Huahua Sumaco, km.45 on HollinLoreto road, XII.21.1989, Malaise trap, M & J Wasbauer, H. Real (
3 females
, one used for SEM in
Figs 1–2
) [
CSCA
];
VENEZUELA
: Merida, Merida City,
1860m
, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R.
3.V.1981
. L. Masner (
1 female
) [
CNC
].