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Dyscritobaeus orientalis

Description

orientalis -group s.l.

The following species belong to the orientalis- group s.s because they have a preoccipital lunula, characteristic of species of the orientalis -group s.l., and in females they share with D. orientalis the specillum on T2; the metascutellum is visible in dorsal view, triangular; and a large metanotal spine is present. Regarding the fore wing of D. orientalis, in Fig. 37 a we show the slide micrograph (taken by V. Caleca in 1989) of one of the two fore wings mounted on the original slide of the holotype of Mirotelenomus orientalis Dodd preserved at SAMA. Comparing this image to that shown by Mineo et al. (2009; pg. 174, fig. 5), the wing shape and the fringe are very different and it is clear that the latter specimen does not belong to D. orientalis.

Notes

Published as part of Tortorici, Francesco, Caleca, Virgilio, Noort, Simon Van & Masner, Lubomir, 2016, Revision of Afrotropical Dyscritobaeus Perkins, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 4178 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261632

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scelionidae
Genus
Dyscritobaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
orientalis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Mineo, G., O'Connor, J. P. & Ashe, P. (2009) Description of a new species of Dyscritobaeus (Hym., Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) from Sulawesi. Entomologists Monthly Magazine, 145, 173 - 176.