Cyoceraphron fuscopleuralis Dessart, 1978

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Cyoceraphron fuscopleuralis Dessart, 1978

Johnson & Musetti 2004: 46.

Material examined

Holotype

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♀; “Yalokombe B41”; 3 Nov. 1951; “ Coll. Debauche ”; “R. I. Sc. N. B. /I. G. 24.778”; “Prép. microscopique n° 7707/291”; RBINS; PSUC_FEM000147267 .

Allotype

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♂; same collection data as for holotype; “Prép. microscopique n° 7707/292”; RBINS.

Paratype

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; “Prép. microscopique n° 7708/221”; RBINS .

Remarks

Male known but male genitalia unknown. Described from a series of 38 specimens (males and females) ( Dessart 1978: 280–282). Keyed in Dessart (1994a). Only one coxa and one femur of the female holotype are left attached to the card and the right antenna is slide mounted. The rest is lost. The left middle and hind legs, except coxae, and the left fore and hind wings of the male allotype are missing. The metasoma and both fore wings of the male paratype are missing. The damage occurred during shipment from RBINS. Dessart (1994a) described four subspecies ( C. fuscopleuralis fuscopleuralis , C. fuscopleuralis longiscapus , C. fuscopleuralis perfuscus , C. fuscopleuralis taiwanensis ) which slightly differ in colour patterns, antennal segment ratios, the arrangement of the posterior mesosomal comb, and geographical range. Detailed comparisons of male genitalia of the subspecies might reveal true species limits (see also Dessart 1994a: 33). For comparisons with similar species, see remarks under Cyoceraphron harpe sp. nov. and C. dhahabudosalis sp. nov.

Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

Afrotropical (including Kenya), and Indomalayan.

Type depositories

The female holotype, 26 female paratypes, one male allotype and 10 male paratypes are deposited in the RBINS. Two females and one male paratype are deposited in the PPRI ( Dessart 1978: 282). Further specimens of subspecies are deposited in the CNC, NHMUK and RBINS ( Dessart 1994a).