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Dolichurus albifacies Krombein 1979

  • 1. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165
  • 2. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368

Description

Dolichurus albifacies Krombein 1979

(Fig. 24)

Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, 1979: 18, ♀, ♂. Holotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: Kandy district, Kandy, Udawattakele Sanctuary (USNM).

Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 6.4 mm; frons with small punctures separated by less than the diameter of a puncture, clypeus with white markings and without median carina (Fig. 32); absence of macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutellum; frontal platform broad, twice as broad as long; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with scattered tiny punctures, distinct sternaulus present on mesopleuron.

Material examined. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiraivetti, 1 ♀, 24.viii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13504.

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (new state record). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka (Krombein 1979; Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).

Notes

Published as part of Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2020, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species, pp. 121-134 in Zootaxa 4821 (1) on page 128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4398302

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Event date
2019-08-24
Verbatim event date
2019-08-24
Scientific name authorship
Krombein
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ampulicidae
Genus
Dolichurus
Species
albifacies
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, 1979 sec. Anagha, Kumar & Sureshan, 2020

References

  • Krombein, K. V. (1979) Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps. V. a monograph of the Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 298, 1 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.298
  • Girish Kumar, P. & Sheikh, A. H. (2018) A taxonomic review of genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae) from India with description of new species. Species, 19, 104 - 116.