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Xanthosomnium froesei Wahl & Sime 2002, SP. N.

Description

XANTHOSOMNIUM FROESEI WAHL & SIME, SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Callajoppa genus-group by the characters given above in the generic description of Xanthosomnium, and by the uniformly brownish red colouration and light brown wings.

Female. Structure. As in generic description. Colour. Uniformly brownish-red except for dark brown of flagellomeres 14–42, and fuscous gastrocoelus. Wings uniformly light brown. Length. 20.2 mm; fore wing 15.6 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype ♀, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Cerro Pedregal, 1000 m, ex Cautethia spuria (host larva collected 2.ix.1998, wasp emerged from host pupa 17.x.1998), ‘98-SRNP-3514’ (Pereira) [AEIC]. Condition of holotype: intact except right antenna broken beyond flagellomere 12 (flagellomeres 13–37 mounted on point below specimen).

Etymology. Named after Edgar Froese, the founder and continuity behind Tangerine Dream.

Notes

Published as part of Sime, Karen R. & Wahl, David B., 2002, The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), pp. 1-56 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00006.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5433957

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wahl & Sime
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Xanthosomnium
Species
froesei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Xanthosomnium froesei Sime & Wahl, 2002