Published September 19, 2024 | Version v1
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Baeosega Krombein

  • 1. Independent researcher, Sreeragam, Chereekandy, Elathur, Kozhikode Kerala- 673303, India
  • 2. Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 3. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Vitória ES, Brazil
  • 4. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India

Description

Genus Baeosega Krombein

Baeosega Krombein, 1983. Type species: Baeosega torrida Krombein, 1983, original designation.

Key to species of Baeosega (females) adapted from Mita (2021)

1. Declivous anterior surface of T1 with longitudinal striae (Fig. 8)................................................ 2

- Declivous anterior surface of T1 smooth (Fig. 17)........................................................... 3

2. Head and dorsal pronotal area matte, interspace among punctures granulate (Mita 2021, fig. 5B, C); dorsal pronotal area 1.2–1.4 × as long as length of mesonotum; metasoma strongly granulated (Mita 2021, fig. 5D).............. B. torrida Krombein

- Head and dorsal pronotal area shiny, interspace among punctures rugose (Figs 3, 6); dorsal pronotal area 1.0 × as long as length of mesonotum (Fig. 6); metasoma shiny, aciculate (Fig. 8)..................................... B. kimseyae sp. nov.

3. Dorsal pronotal area with interspace among punctures granulate, 1.1 × as long as length of mesonotum..................................................................................................... B. humida Krombein

- Dorsal pronotal area with interspace among punctures rugose (Figs 12, 15), 1.2 × as long as length of mesonotum (Fig. 15).................................................................................... B. krombeini sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Binoy, C., Mita, Toshiharu, Colombo, Wesley D. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2024, Taxonomic notes on Baeosega Krombein (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), with description of two new species from southern Western Ghats, India, pp. 200-208 in Zootaxa 5512 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13848661

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Krombein
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Chrysididae
Genus
Baeosega
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Krombein, K. V. (1983) Biosystematic studies, XI: A monograph of the Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 376, 1 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.376.
  • Mita, T. (2021) Taxonomic study of Baeosega and its allies, with description of a new species of Nipponosega (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Amiseginae). ZooKeys, 1041, 1 - 25. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 1041.66267