Dinapsis albicauda Mita & Shaw, 2020

van Noort, Simon, Shaw, Scott Richard & Copeland, Robert S., 2022, Revision of the endemic African genus Dinapsis (Dinapsini, Megalyridae, Hymenoptera) with description of seven new species, ZooKeys 1112, pp. 27-122 : 27

Dinapsis albicauda Mita & Shaw, 2020

Material examined.

Holotype. Madagascar • ♀; Fianarantsoa Prov., Forêt d’Atsirakambiaty, 7.6 km 285° WNW Itremo; 20°35'36"S, 046°33'48"E; 1550 m a.s.l.; 22-26 Jan. 2003; Fisher, Griswold et al. leg.; California Acad. of Sciences ; yellow pan trap; in montane rainforest; code: BLF7154 (CAS).

Distribution.

(Fig. 43 ) Madagascar.

Comments.

Dinapsis albicauda is known only from the type-locality. Dinapsis albicauda is similar to D. cresta Mita & Shaw but may be distinguished by its ovipositor being white-coloured basally, and by its head being rounded in lateral view. For a full species description and more information on its distribution and distinguishing characteristics, see Mita and Shaw (2020).

Figures

Figure 43. Distribution maps of Dinapsis species A country occurrences for the genus Dinapsis B specimen point data of described Dinapsis species plotted on a topographical relief map C Dinapsis species occurring in Madagascar and Mauritius, excluding the D. hirtipes species-group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map) D Madagascan records of Dinapsis species in the D. hirtipes species group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map).