Masona similis van Achterberg, 1995

Fig. 4

Masona similis van Achterberg, 1995: 101–102 (description, key, distribution, images).

Masona similis – Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue). — Quicke et al. 2019b: appendix S1 (list).

Differential diagnosis

Masona similis can be easily distinguished from all the other species of the genus by the following morphological features: (1) scutellum absent (present in M. bulbofemoralis, M. neon sp. nov., M. popeye); (2) first flagellomere about 2.5× as long as medially wide (1.5 or less in M. prognatha and M. neon sp. nov.); (3) antenna longer than head and mesosoma together (shorter in M. prognatha and M. wow sp. nov.); (4) metasoma completely yellow (dark brown in M. infuscata); (5) body length approximately 0.9–1.2 mm (1.7 mm in M. infuscata); (6) occipital carina well-developed, almost reaching ventral margin of the gena (short in M. prognatha and M. wow sp. nov.).

Original type series

Holotype (by original designation)

AUSTRALIA • ♀; Queensland, Wenlock, Batavia Downs; 22 Jun.–23 Aug. 1992; P. Zborowski and J. Cardale leg.; ANIC.

Paratypes

AUSTRALIA • 4 ♂♂ (ANIC, RMNH); 9 ♀♀ (ANIC, RMNH) .

Male

Described in van Achterberg (1995).

Distribution

AUSTRALIA: Queensland (van Achterberg 1995) (Fig. 4).

Remarks

Known only from the original type series.