Kryptosega Kimsey, 1986

Villemant, Claire, Yoshida, Takuma & Muller, Franck, 2012, A new species of Kryptosega Kimsey, 1986 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Amiseginae) from Vanuatu, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 261-266 : 262-263

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a4

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scientific name

Kryptosega Kimsey, 1986
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Genus Kryptosega Kimsey, 1986 View in CoL

This genus lacks most of the derived character states found in other Amiseginae genera, except that it has no hind coxal carina and no indication of a lateral propodeal angle. It may be recognised by the following character states ( Kimsey 1986; Kimsey & Bohart 1990):

Occipital carina present; eyes not encircled by carinae; frons without median carina; clypeal mar-

FIG. 1. — Kryptosega mweramwera Villemant n. sp. holotype ( MNHN EY6350 About MNHN ): A, forewing ; B, head in frontal view; C, mesosoma and metasoma in dorsal view; D, habitus in lateral view. Scale bars: A, D, 0.5 mm; B, C, 0.2 mm.

gin thickened; malar space with vertical sulcus; flagellar segments cylindrical, flagellomeres 2-9 at least twice as long as broad in males; pronotum not thickened apically, or posteriorly declivitous. Mesopleuron without omaulus or scrobal sulcus; metanotum without median enclosure and medially more than half as long as scutellum; propodeum laterally rounded with blunt propodeal tooth. Wing developed, vein Rs and pigmented remnant forming an even curve away from costal margin. Hind coxa without dorsobasal carina, tarsal claw bidentate.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Chrysididae

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