history) collection. bee bears a cluster of no fewer than eight pollinia on its forehead. attached to the left side of this specimen's face were by Dr. recognized as a species of Ophrys, the identity of the rest remained uncertain. he was kind enough to send me a male M. Erichson along with a magnified photograph of the Ophrys inflorescence. As for the Old World group, the diagnoses of the eight genera are those known so far.
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Pygidia plate of g narrow and slender (Fig. 70), similar in shape to that seen in the albifron group. At least a few long raised white or black hairs are found in the middle of the.
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Outer parts of all limbs white in places: long (partly black) fringe at the base of the anterior femur and tibia, and spots covering the entire tarsal.
Antennal segment 3 fully twice as long as its width at apex and up to twice as long.
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Short spines, piercing. distinctly thinner, all limbs longer and narrower; femora with sparse hair. inner faces with scattered dots on glossy ground; armor on the outer pages of. middle and hind tibiae and basitarsi as in preceding species, with similar anteriors. and the posterior ends of the long hairs, respectively; medial and posterior internal rami. tarsal claws about l/3 outer length. Stipe stout, abdomen widest at base of tergite 2, then rather flat. subtriangular, tapering rapidly towards the apex, vestiture throughout and. dense, erect hairs covering hind femur, visible posteriorly, at least basally. longer than the greatest diameter of the femur. Antenna stout, median segments only slightly longer than wide; run away densely. luesard sarnlcund perelpcs . ,t\eJ. serullouros).
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They are remarkable for having much more slight thoracic pubescence. enlarged by the fusion of white tassels, which together form a very wide collar, . while in some of them the white belly spots are so small that they can be reduced. to mere spots on tergites 3-4, with a spot on 5 occasionally absent in v. They have a pattern that at first glance is indistinguishable from the large spotted .. examples of M. albifrons albovaria and tuberculata spec. nov., two species with .., which was connected in more than one place. Careful examination of all significant fulside features revealed no structural ones. differences between ierepresentative specimens from almost all countries from where. the species became famous.
An additional feature not expressly .. the tuft behind the base of the wing on each side .. stated in the description is that .. the white of the thoracic dorsum, if present at all, are. Thus there is clear evidence that long. Spring on this small island at least five species of Melecra can appear together in any suitable place. It is mainly characterized by the mostly black head and thorax (including the . sides of the latter), pale abdominal tergium, caused by a relatively narrower set.
Abdominal tergites rather shining, with sparse surface spots including .. posterior margins of l-5; sternites similar, pubescence not very dense, consisting .. of short, black decumbent hairs, which are longest on hind sternum. Outer face of hind tibia white in basal half, for. rest black; a few short black spots between punctures on ground somewhat shiny. There are a few extra characters besides those given in the key that can help. to distinguish it from other regional species. turkestanica is more strongly built. with much lighter and larger wings, more regularly arranged,. tergal spots subrectangular, while body pubescence longer throughout.
Although in appearance they are similar to the eastern Mediterranean megaera. these two species are probably not closely related at all, especially the females. so different in the shape of the pygidial plates that megaera can be impossible. elFl/r\ Euol 'oc1uotsaYtn| uJslsBe eqt. arll puE ocol\dt8ao.
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The dimensions of the lectotype are: length 1.45 mm, front wing 12 mm. matches very well with the female from Quetta before me. As stated in the key and seen in the photos, the great length of the . Wings darker than in both alcestis and alecto, but much less obscured than in the.
This new species runs out in the key near baeri, which is so far away from. Israel may or may not belong here, the main inconsistency is that it does. Perhaps a relative of alecto spec, nov., which also occurs in Israel and is of the same origin.
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7 and 8 (same specimen); 204, partial ventral and dorsal views of genital capsule (same specimen); 205,. gq 's{utllil pEE uo uorlulcund. r oitr{ puu lsacedsralul ou u uodn. tfr 'sulr5Tulq$qru$'tatrrBl. TtrpscHRrFT vooR ENROLRTOLOCLE, PART 123, nrl. in size and shape; lateral margins filled with 6-8 short longitudinal folds. Scutellum but slightly biconvex, without distinct median sulcus; thorns robust,. variable in size and shape, short and triangularly pointed in lectotype, many. in others stronger and/or more or less curved, and in all implanted at a high level. their dorsal face punctate, almost in line with the basal part of the shield. integument matte, all segments closely, finely punctate. Hind femur with low, pubescent. median longitudinal carina restricted to distal one-third; punctuation very close. smooth base, diameter of holes barely smaller than interspaces, except. ventrally towards apex irregular and widely spaced on flattened, elongate-. triangular area. Middle tibial pad, fig.
The shape and depth of the outer back. the basitarsal concavity is quite variable: in the lectotype and a male from Lebanon, for. For example, the joint is less bent in the rear view than in a second Lebanese. The six good specimens characterized here (a male mounted and . photographed, pl.. 2 fig. 12, and a female with a gold disk and Radoszkowski's . type labels), are very similar to each other and undoubtedly similar. It differs from the last in details. structure, having lighter colored wings, more regular abdominal maculae and. a stronger outer rear bassist.
mesonotum with a few clear, oval, black . dots placed in the long axis, separated by a distance greater than transverse. Basal three-fifths of the middle and posterior shins white on the outside, the tips of not very . strong, black spikeJike setae visible through decumbent white pubescence.. membrane unusually light: only faintly smoky, especially along the outer edge. pterostigma. Abdomen short haired, but tergal markings conspicuous, well defined, . the hairs are the longest and form large semi-erect tufts on the sides of tergite l, which on.
Three of the Krasnowodsk women still in front of me almost agree with the. lectotype, although black anterior mesonotal dots are missing in one of them, de. pattern in this respect resembles the image of Radoszkowski. left hind leg is partly missing, Algeria, with old white written label "Oran" and green. right hind leg mid$d[ fl.
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Nemestrinidae are known to be parasitic on the larvae of small Lamellicorn beetles, but in light of. Pubescence moderately long and dense (rubbed in places); depressed. spot of long white hairs on middle of clypeus not nearly reaching forward. border, raised on the entire vertex, and nape border border. the usual white areas and a pair of subrectangular black spots anteriorly; scutellum. mostly black, a few long white hairs only below the tubercles; sides and below. surface black, upper part of mesopleurae with large spot of white. moderately hairy, as in most species; robust, suberect, shiny macrosetae on outer surface. faces of middle and hind tibia studded with long bristles and short recumbent. White are: basal one-third of fore tibiae and about basal half of middle and. prevent couples; otherwise completely black.
Compressed internal branch of the middle and hind tarsals. claws about two-fifths as long as outer ones. -4 very similar in shape and size to males, all transverse spots widest. at 3, about three times as broad as deep; dots on sides I isolated,. subquadrangular, slightly diverging posteriorly, composed of longer, slightly. is a sculpture of thc o. in prophanta ta peil fr. now turned out to be BC. the latter, of high md. TtrnscHRIFT vooR ENrouolocrE, PART 123, e,rl. lower) (6l, Vesperterminen, Wallis); 245, partial ventral and dorsal view of genital capsule (j, Gri- . maux, J France); 246, dorsal view of left gonostylus (same specimen); 247, side view of the left gonosty-.
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Carr6e, Algeria); 287, inner contour: dorsal view of pygidial plate (I, syntype meridionalrs, Tunisi).. polt Hm, or aq tqaq ou e/tr'pacBJl alEurs. so, but instead of correcting the misspelled name, he copied the original and. specimen to be indeed the mislabeled type quadripunctata, t accepted. Enderlein's type designation, especially as it closely matches the. incomplete) description of that species. This species is correctly described as a male, but in the legend of the very poor-.
