Sphaeropthalma imperialis
| Main Author: | Pitts, James P. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2006
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6252855 |
Daftar Isi:
- Key to the Sphaeropthalma imperialis speciesgroup Males 1. Sternal felt line absent................................................................................................... 2 Sternal felt line present, tuftlike................................................................................... 3 2. Mandibles very broadly dilated, especially ventral portion apically, distally much wider than width at ventral angulation (Fig. 7); clypeus very deeply depressed below mandibular rims; wings yellowishhyaline (Fig. 29)............. S. megagnathos Schuster . Mandibles moderately dilated, distally little or scarcely wider than at tooth (e.g., Fig. 6); clypeus moderately depressed; wings dark brown to black (Fig. 26)............................................................................................................................... S. edwardsii (Blake) 3. Integument of second and following metasomal segments orange (Fig. 27); second segment with mostly orange pubescence (Fig. 27); mesonotum and often pronotum dorsally deeply ferruginous (Fig. 27); head rounded posteriorly, short and contracted behind eyes (Fig. 1); clypeus at or slightly depressed below mandibular rim................ ........................................................................................................ S. imperialis (Blake) Second metasomal segment and mesosoma black or blackish (Fig. 28); second segment with pubescence variable from orange to silver; mesosoma entirely black (Fig. 28); head quadrate posteriorly, long and parallel behind eyes (Fig. 2); clypeus very deeply depressed below mandibular rim....................................... S. marpesia (Blake) Females (Note: the female of S. megagnathos remains unknown) 1. Mesosoma as broad as long (Fig. 3); flagellomere I less than 2 X length of pedicel, subequal in length to flagellomere II; pubescence of head, mesosoma and metasoma not concolorous (Figs. 20, 22, 25)...................................................................................... 2 Mesosoma longer than broad; flagellomere I more than 2 X length of pedicel, noticeably longer than flagellomere II; pubescence of head, mesosoma and metasoma red dish to orange or yellow, concolorous except plumose fringes on metasomal tergites whitish (Fig. 24)............................................................................ S. edwardsii (Blake) 2. Mesosoma with yellow setae (Fig. 25); T 2 not concave anteromedially; antennal scrobe having a welldeveloped dorsal carina ................................. S. marpesia (Blake) Mesosoma with black to reddish setae (Fig. 20, 22); T 2 appearing concave anteromedially (Fig. 4, 21); antennal scrobe lacking a welldeveloped dorsal carina.............. ........................................................................................................ S. imperialis (Blake)
- Published as part of Pitts, James P., 2006, Review of the Sphaeropthalma imperialis speciesgroup (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with descriptions of females and taxonomic notes, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1248 on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172963