Dinapsis scriptus Mita & Shaw, 2020

van Noort, Simon, Shaw, Scott Richard & Copeland, Robert S., 2022, Revision of the endemic African genus Dinapsis (Dinapsini, Megalyridae, Hymenoptera) with description of seven new species, ZooKeys 1112, pp. 27-122 : 27

Dinapsis scriptus Mita & Shaw, 2020

Material examined.

Holotype. Madagascar • ♀; Province Fianarantsoa, near Isalo National Park, at stream, east of Interpretive Center ; 17-24 Mar. 2004; 22°37.60'S, 45°21.49'E; 750 m a.s.l.; R. Harin’Hala leg.; Malaise trap in open area; MA-02-11A-16; CASLOT 016972; CAS . Paratype data listed in Mita and Shaw, 2020.

Distribution.

(Fig. 43 ) Madagascar.

Comments.

Dinapsis scriptus is known from localities in northern, central, and southwestern Madagascar (Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, and Toliara provinces). Dinapsis scriptus is distinguished from the other Dinapsis species by the hind tibia having a well-developed distal prong with only simple setae (see couplet 14 of the key to species). A similar prong is also present on the hind tibia of D. planifrons but that species has spatulate setae on the distal prong. For a full species description and more information on its distribution and distinguishing characteristics, see Mita and Shaw (2020).

Figures

Figure 43. Distribution maps of Dinapsis species A country occurrences for the genus Dinapsis B specimen point data of described Dinapsis species plotted on a topographical relief map C Dinapsis species occurring in Madagascar and Mauritius, excluding the D. hirtipes species-group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map) D Madagascan records of Dinapsis species in the D. hirtipes species group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map).