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

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scientific name	Axima noyesi
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Key to females of Axima noyesi View in CoL species group

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

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

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

- Mesoscutum with median carina at least slightly indicated. Mesoscutellar process dorsally rounded ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–4 ).............. 3

3 Median mesoscutal carina slightly indicated ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7–10 ), laterally flanked by rows of piliferous punctures (rounded depressions). Mt5 and Mt6 with distinct setation ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 7–10 )............................................ A. noyesi Subba Rao, 1978 View in CoL

- Median mesoscutal carina more distinctly raised ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 ), laterally flanked by rows of piliferous foveae (subrectangular depressions). Mt5 bare, Mt6 with few scattered setae ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7–10 )..................... A. sidi Arias-Penna, Pape & Krogmann , sp. n.

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1904) Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 1 (4), 225 - 551. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10341

Subba Rao, B. R. (1978) New genera and species of Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 87 B (12), 293 - 319. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 03179018

Yoshimoto, C. M. & Gibson, G. A. P. (1979) A new genus of Eurytomidae (Chalcidoidea: Erytomidae, Aximinae) from Brazil. The Canadian Entomologist, 111 (4), 421 - 424. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 111421 - 4

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.