Belesica madiba and Cremastus tutui (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), two entomological gems from South Africa
Author
Rousse, P.
Author
Noort, S. Van
text
Zootaxa
2014
3795
2
161
173
journal article
45817
10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.5
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1175-5326
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Cremastus madagascarienscis
Enderlein, 1921
(
Fig. 5
)
Material examined.
HOLOTYPE
♂:
Madagaskar
, Majunga [Mahajunga], Hammerstein S., 1918, MIZ 187255 (
ZMPA
).
Other material
1♀: Antananarivo,
46 km
NE of Ankazobe: Ambohitantel
18° 11.88’ S
,
47° 16.89’ E
, sclerophylforest-
700m
, Malaise trap MA-
27–14
, 20.
I/1.
II/2004, Irwin & Harin'Hala colls (
CASC
).
Diagnosis.
Rufo-testaceous interspersed with various pale yellow markings on head and metasoma, and tergites 1–2 black; head punctate granulate with clypeus smoother; clypeus weakly transverse; antenna with 28 flagellomeres; mesosoma punctate to punctate-granulate; propodeal carination complete; hind wing with 1/Cu & cu-a straight, distal abscissa of Cu absent; tergites 1–3 aciculate; ovipositor straight. CT 1.6; ML 1.0; IO 2.0; OO 1.1; Fl1 4.5; Fl15 1.5; Fl26 1.2; OT 2.2.
FIGURE 5.
Cremastus madagascarienscis
Enderlein, 1911 Holotypemale. A
, habitus, lateral view; B, head, anterior view; C, labels. Images © MNHN /
Touret-AlbyAgnièle
.
Description.
MALE (
Holotype
). B: 7.5; A 4.6; F 3.7.
Color.
Head pale yellow with ocellar triangle black, occiput dark brown and variable black and/or rufotestaceous markings on median face, clypeus and posterior margins of temples; flagellum rufo-testaceous with lower face lighter; mesosoma rufo-testaceous to dark brown, with more or less distinct yellow markings: ventral margin of pronotum, lateral margin of mesoscutum, notaulus, tegula and scutellum; legs brownish yellow, with lighter yellow markings: coxae, trochanters, femurs, tibiae and tibial spurs white; tergites 1–2 black, the following rufo-testaceous; ovipositor sheath dark brown; wings hyaline, pterostigma brown, its anterior margin yellowish.
Head.
Vertex, frons and face shining, moderately punctate-granulate, clypeus smoother; face medially protruding with a small diamond-like protuberance below toruli; clypeus slightly transverse, convex, ventral margin regularly rounded and impressed; malar line long; mandibular teeth equal; ocellar triangle transverse; temples short, head distinctly constricted behind eyes; antenna with 28 flagellomeres.
Mesosoma.
Mesonotum densely punctate granulate, notaulus distinct; scuto-scutellar groove deep and longitudinally striate; scutellum laterally hairy, lateral carina distinct from base to middle; dorsal margin of pronotum, mesopleuron and metapleuron densely punctate; propodeum shining, coriaceous and punctate; area superomedia twice longer than wide, slightly narrowed at apex, area petiolaris much larger than superomedia, apically transversely striate; propodeum and metapleuron with fine white adpressed pilosity.
Wings
. Fore wing with rs-m basal to 2m-cu by 0.3x its length; hind wing with 1/Cu & cu-a straight, distal abscissa of Cu absent.
Legs.
Tarsal claws basally pectinate.
Metasoma.
Apex of tergite 1and tergites 2–3 aciculate and finely coriaceous.
FEMALE (
1 specimen
). B: 7.1; A 4.4; F: 3.4.Similar to male; ovipositor long and almost straight.
Distribution.
Madagascar
.