<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Chrysidea phoebe Zimmermann 1956</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <h2> <i> Chrysidea phoebe</i> Zimmermann, 1956</h2> <p> Figs 6–7, 9C</p> <p> <i> Chrysidea phoebe</i> Zimmermann, 1956: 151</p> <p> <i> Chrysidea phoebe</i> – Zimmermann 1961: 320 (catalog). — Bohart 1988: 130 (key, partim). — Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 314 (catalog). — Madl 2008: 83 (catalog). — Azevedo<i> et al</i>. 2010: 830 (catalog).</p> <p> <i> Chrysidea pumiloides</i> – Zimmermann 1961: 320 (catalog). — Bohart 1988: 130 (key, partim). — Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 314 (catalog). — Madl 2008: 83 (catalog). — Azevedo<i> et al</i>. 2010: 830 (catalog).</p> <h3> Material examined</h3> <p> <b> Holotype</b> </p> <p> MADAGASCAR • ♀; “ MNHN, Paris / EY25667”; “MUSÉUM PARIS”; “ Madagascar: Bekily / XI – 1943 / A. Seyrig ”;“<i> Chrysidea</i> /<i> phoebe</i> Zimm. / det. Zimmermann /Type![handwritten by Zimmermann]”; “ ♀<i> Chrysidea</i> /<i> phoebe</i> / Zimmermann/ Holotype [handwritten on red card]”; MNHN.</p> <p> <b> Other material</b> </p> <p> MADAGASCAR • 1 ♀; “ MADAGASCAR /BEHARA”; “MUSÉUM PARIS / I. 38 /A. SEYRIG”; “<i> Chrysidea</i> /<i> phoebe</i> Zimm. / det. Zimmermann [handwritten by Zimmermann on white card]”; “ Type [red paper glued on the previous label]”; NHMW • 1 ♂; “Madagascar / Sikora”; “MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / H. DE SAUSSURE 1901”; “<i> Chrysidea</i> /<i> pumiloides</i> / ♂ Zimm. [handwritten by Bohart]”; MNHN.</p> <h3> Diagnosis</h3> <p> <i> Chrysidea phoebe</i> is characterized by the combination of the following characters: metatarsus paler, yellowish to testaceous; TFC present; head wide, 1.2–1.3 × as wide as high; MS = 0.6–0.8 MOD; tegula metallic green; T2 with interspaces among punctures distinctly (female) or weakly (male) microreticulate; distal margin of T3 with large, triangular lateral teeth and distal apex angulated, interval between median angle and lateral tooth substraight; paramere with inner margin weakly expanded, narrowed apically.</p> <h3> Description</h3> <p> <b> Female</b> </p> <p> BODY LENGTH. 6.2 mm.</p> <p> HEAD. Width 1.2 × as wide as high. Scapal basin deep, transversely wrinkled and outer margin punctate. TFC present above scapal basin, sinuate ( Fig. 6B); second irregular TFC present but indistinct between midocellus and TFC ( Fig. 6B). Antennomeres P, F1, F2, F 3 in the following proportions: 1.9, 2.3, 1.8, 1.3; F7–11 missing in holotype; OOL = 1.7 MOD; POL = 2.3 MOD; MS = 0.6 MOD; apical margin of clypeus weakly concave; mandible edentate; basal width of mandible = 1.3 MOD. Brow with large, irregular and longitudinally contiguous punctures; punctures between the two TFC deeper, irregular, and continuous ( Fig. 6B), PD on vertex 0.3–0.5 MOD.</p> <p> MESOSOMA. Pronotal groove shallow and indistinct, extending<b> ⁴⁄₅</b> length of pronotum. Notauli deep, complete; parapsidal lines indicated by smooth strip. Mesoscutellum almost flat. Metanotum weakly producing posteriorly ( Fig. 6A), separated from mesoscutellum by deep furrow and large anteromedian pit ( Fig. 6C). Mesosoma entirely covered with large deep punctures and small shallow punctures: largest punctures 0.6 MOD; mesoscutellum medially with impunctate area, interspaces among punctures microsculptured ( Fig. 6C). Episternal sulcus and scrobal sulcus distinct, formed by large foveae. Forewing with discoidal cell framed by nebulous veins, not enclosed by pigmented veins ( Fig. 6A).</p> <p> METASOMA. Faint median line present on T1 ( Fig. 6D). Punctures on T1 0.3–0.5 MOD, 0.1–0.2 PD apart, with smooth interspaces; punctures on T2 smaller, 0.2–0.3 MOD, 0.2 PD apart, with interspaces microreticulate; median line indistinct ( holotype) or distinct (a female in NHMW); pre-pit row area of T3 not bulged; pit row distinct, with large and deep pits. Apex of T3 with a pair of lateral triangular teeth; distal apex angulated ( Fig. 6F); interval between lateral tooth and median angle substraight. S2 black spots ( Fig. 6E) oval, 0.5 MOD apart each other (metasomal sterna missing in holotype).</p> <p> COLORATION. Head and mesosoma metallic green or blue-green with blue or purplish luster, ocellar region more bluish. Antenna black with scape, pedicel metallic green. Mandible medially testaceous, distally dark brown, basal ½ metallic green. Tegula metallic green; deep anteromedian pit on metanotum metallic blue. Legs metallic green or blue-green except tarsi entirely yellowish ( Fig. 6A). Metasomal terga metallic green or blue-green with blue luster; metasomal sterna metallic green with golden luster ( holotype lacks sterna).</p> <p> <b> Male</b> </p> <p> Body 4.7 mm. The single known specimen lacks F5–F11. Similar to female ( Fig. 7 A–B, F), but different as follow: body greenish, metasoma metallic green with faint golden luster ( Fig. 7D), tarsi dark testaceous, only metabasitarsus yellowish; head 1.3 × as wide as high, upper TFC more distinct ( Fig. 7B), MS = 0.8 MOD; interspaces among punctures on mesoscutellum smooth ( Fig. 7C); tarsi light brown with metabasitarsus testaceous ( Fig. 7A); punctures on metasoma sparser, 0.2–0.3 PD apart on T2; S2 black spots large, rounded, medially separated by 0.4 MOD ( Fig. 7E); paramere with inner margin weakly expanded, narrowed apically ( Fig. 9C); aedeagus narrowed apically ( Fig. 9C).</p> <h3> Distribution</h3> <p> Southern Madagascar.</p> <h3> Biology</h3> <p> Unknown.</p> <h3> Remarks</h3> <p> <i> Chrysidea phoebe</i> is similar to<i> C. phragmiticola</i> Zimmerman, 1961. The T3 distal apex in<i> C. phoebe</i> is distinctly angulated and the interval between the median angle and a lateral tooth is substraight ( Figs 6F, 7F); on the other hand, the posterior margin is rounded and the median angle is absent in<i> C. phragmiticola</i>. The body color of both species is basically metallic green, but metabasitarsus of<i> C. phoebe</i> is yellowish ( Figs 6A, 7A), non-metallic green as in<i> C. phragmiticola</i>. A female in NHMW is considered to be non-type material, even if it has a type label, because no type was designated other than the holotype deposited in MNHN ( Zimmermann, 1956).</p> </body> </html>