Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Elsheikh, Tarek Y. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2018, The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the South of Saudi Arabia, with the first report of the genus Micrapion and description of Leucospis arabica sp. nov., Journal of Natural History 52 (31 - 32), pp. 2071-2096 : 2090-2092

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2018.1510557

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:40BEF37F-0D92-4AEF-9990-30C1CFC3A7A7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5188721

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C1D829-081C-861C-849F-25C6FC5AFC9C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948
status

 

Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948 View in CoL

( Figures 10–12 View Figure 10 View Figure 11 View Figure 12 )

Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948: 85–86 View in CoL . Lectotype ♀, Gabon: Ogowe , N’ gomo.

Diagnosis

Body generally red/brown, with pale yellow in the following parts ( Figure 10 View Figure 10 (a–b)): scape apically, a narrow cross band along the anterior margin of pronotum, posterior margin of pronotum being translucent after broader band, two small lines laterally on mesoscutum just above tegula, posterior margin of mesoscutellum, baso-ventral and apical markings on hind femur, hind tibia dorsally, hind metatarsus, apex of fore and mid femora, mid tibia, inner side of fore tibia, cross band on GT4 and preapical margin of GT5. Fore wing hyaline, with a dark brown streak under PMV becoming weak at wing apex, STV with a dark streak reaching the dark apex ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (b)).

Pronotum without any trace of transverse carinae ( Figure 10 View Figure 10 (a)); postscutellum evenly convex, not carinate or bidentate ( Figure 10 View Figure 10 (a)); hind coxa with upper dorsal side finely transversely striated, shiny and smooth behind striations, with a strong spine dorsally at apical third ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (a)); hind femur with large median ventral tooth, followed by 10 smaller ones, of which the middle two are the largest ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (c)); hind tibia without spine projection apico-ventrally, but with spur ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (c)); T4 with acutely angled point dorso-medially ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (d)); ovipositor furrow running on GT5, reaching apex of T4 ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (d)); ovipositor sheath short, hardly reaching anterior margin of GT5 ( Figure 11c View Figure 11 ); ovipositor as long as hind tibia ( Figure 11 View Figure 11 (c)).

Material examined: Saudi Arabia

1 ♀, Al Bahah, Mandaq, Wadi Tourabah (20.239722°N, 41.248055°E, alt. 1842 m), sweep net, 14 October 2010, leg GoogleMaps . Al Dhafer et al. [ KSMA].

Distribution

Cameroon, Cape province, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe [ Rhodesia], Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania (Bou Č ek 1974a); Saudi Arabia (new record).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Leucospidae

Genus

Micrapion

Loc

Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Elsheikh, Tarek Y. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M. 2018
2018
Loc

Micrapion clavaforme

Steffan JR 1948: 86
1948
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