Megaprosternum

Gupta, Ankita, Rajeshwari, S. K. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2017, Biology and description of Megaprosternum cleonarovorum sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) a gregarious larval ectoparasitoid of Cleonaria bicolor Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, Zootaxa 4237 (1) : -

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8E3AA8C7-B7B2-4AAE-BF12-D430138E5B61

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016674

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187BF-BF0D-C863-E5D6-FF66FA204DAF

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Megaprosternum
status

 

Key to species of Megaprosternum

1. Females.............................................................................................2

- Males...............................................................................................3

2. Apterous, mesoscutum not divided into scutum and scutellum................................. M. longiceps Azevedo

- Macropterous, mesoscutum divided into scutum and scutellum.............. M. cleonarovorum Gupta & Azevedo sp. nov.

3. Hypopygeal stalk narrow, lateral hypopygeal margin almost straight; aedeagus with apical lobes not curved............................................................................... M. cleonarovorum Gupta & Azevedo sp. nov.

- Hypopygeal stalk wide basally, lateral hypopygeal margin distinctly outcurved; aedeagus with apical lobes curved ventrad..4

4. Head rectangular with sides subparallel; ocelli almost touching one another.............................. M. longiceps

- Head subquadrate with sides convergent posteriorly; ocelli clearly far from one another............ M. pentagonal Azevedo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

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