A new species of Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Costa Rica parasitic on an ant lion (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-13
4363
4
583
588
journal article
31175
10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.11
63e22a0c-a433-4d6a-97fc-d16d175fb3fd
1175-5326
1114737
409E6B7A-BC4F-47A0-B395-9AC9702B4BFC
Key to Central American species of
Chrysanthrax
Osten Sacken
1. Scutellum all black, no reddish ground color dorsally......................................................... 2
-. Scutellum with some reddish ground color dorsally on scutellum............................................... 4
2. Abdomen with white tomentum along posterior margin of tergites appearing as transverse bands......
C
.
cerius
(Williston)
-. Abdomen without white tomentose bands.................................................................. 3
3. Thorax and abdomen with all yellow pile laterally; abdominal tergite I with distinct red spot laterally....
C
.
cypris
(Meigen)
-. Thorax and abdomen with black pile laterally, no yellow pile; abdominal tergite I black.........
C
.
pennyi
Evenhuis
,
n. sp.
4. Abdomen with large patch of white tomentum dorsolaterally on tergites II–V....................
C
.
argentosus
(Painter)
-. Abdomen without such large patch of white tomentum........................................................ 5
5. Basal third to half of wing infuscated dark brown to black, with sharp demarcation between infuscation and hyaline portion of wing................................................................................................ 6
-. Basal wing infuscation not as extensive, tan to brown, and often with spots in distal portion of wing.................... 8
6. Hyaline portion of wing without spots..................................................................... 7
-. Hyaline portion of wing with spots...................................................
C
.
sackeniana
(Williston)
7. Tergites I–IV all yellow pilose.........................................................
C
.
astarte
(Wiedemann)
-. Tergites II–IV with black hair and tomentum laterally...........................
C
.
panamensis
Evenhuis & Greathead
8. Front all yellow pilose and tomentose.........................................................
C
.
edititius
(Say)
-. Front with black hairs, a few yellow hairs may be intermixed................................................... 9
9. Spot of dark infuscation present at base of R4 and on crossvein closing cell dm.....................
C
.
gorgon
(Fabricius)
-. No infuscation at base of R4 and/or crossvein closing cell dm...................................
C
.
fuscus
(Fabricius)