Revision of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae)
Author
Kimsey, Lynn S.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, 95616 USA
lskimsey@ucdavis.edu
Author
Wasbauer, Marius S.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, 95616 USA
text
Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2013
2013-08-01
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Colocistis paxillata (Mickel & Krombein)
Figures 23
, 29, 30
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
x
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
x
as long as broad in dorsal view, 1.8
x
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
x
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.