Axima noyesi, Subba Rao, 1978

Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina, Pape, Thomas & Krogmann, Lars, 2014, Stalk-eyed wasps-review of a largely unnoticed group of morphologically bizarre chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae: Axima), Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 583-590 : 584

Key to females of Axima noyesi species group

1 Head produced dorsolaterally into tubular process bearing eye at apex........................( noyesi species group) …2

- Head not produced dorsolaterally into tubular process, eye in normal position.......................................................................................( spinifrons species group, see key in Ashmead 1904, pp. 458–459)

2 Mesoscutum without median carina. Mesoscutellar process dorsally pointed....................................................................................................... A. diabolus ( Yoshimoto & Gibson, 1979, fig. 3)

- Mesoscutum with median carina at least slightly indicated. Mesoscutellar process dorsally rounded ( Fig. 2 ).............. 3

3 Median mesoscutal carina slightly indicated ( Fig. 8 ), laterally flanked by rows of piliferous punctures (rounded depressions). Mt5 and Mt6 with distinct setation ( Fig. 10 )............................................ A. noyesi Subba Rao, 1978

- Median mesoscutal carina more distinctly raised ( Fig. 7 ), laterally flanked by rows of piliferous foveae (subrectangular depressions). Mt5 bare, Mt6 with few scattered setae ( Fig. 9 )..................... A. sidi Arias-Penna, Pape & Krogmann , sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Axima sidi Arias-Penna, Pape & Krogmann, sp. n. 1, habitus; 2, head and mesosoma, lateral view; 3 and 4, antenna, lateral view. Scale bars: 1, 1 mm; 2 and 3, 500 µm; 4, 100 µm. Abbreviations: cl = clava, F = flagellomere, msc = mesoscutal carina, ped = pedicel, ssc = mesoscutellar carina.

FIGURES 7–10. Axima species. 7 and 9, Axima sidi Arias-Penna, Pape & Krogmann, sp. n. 7, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 9, metasoma, lateral view. 8 and 10, Axima noyesi Subba Rao (photos courtesy of N. Dale-Skey, NHM). 8, head and mesosoma dorsal view; 10, metasoma lateral view. Scale bars: 500 µm. Abbreviations: msc = mesoscutal carina, Mt = metasomal tergite, pi = pronotal invagination.