Elasmus tenebrosus Riek, 1967

Gunawardene, Nihara R. & Taylor, Christopher K., 2012, New records of Elasmus (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) species from Barrow Island, Western Australia, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29, pp. 21-35 : 25

Elasmus tenebrosus Riek, 1967 Fig. 10

Comments.

This species was described from near Bourke in New South Wales. Riek (1967) described this species as having the gaster entirely dark; however, specimens from Barrow Island are reddish laterally on segments 2-5. This reddish coloration is more marked in some specimens than others, and may be little more than a reddish shading. In other features, specimens correlate with Riek’s (1967) description, and we feel confident in assigning them to Riek’s species.

Figures

Figure 10. Elasmus tenebrosus, May 2007. Lateral view A dorsal view B antenna C.