Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:160592A4-64B3-40C7-BA75-8CE075F873A5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10423621 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0385E767-FF8E-AC4A-6E36-FE64FCF7FDAE |
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Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972 |
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Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972 View in CoL
Figs 1F View Fig , 9E–F View Fig , 10 View Fig
Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972: 203 View in CoL .
Diagnosis
As for the genus, and also: large species (about 5.0 mm ♀, 3.0 mm ♂) with elongate mesosoma and gaster; body bright green, scape pale, only tip dark, rest of antenna dark, all legs, except for metallic coxae and darker pretarsi, pale( Fig. 10 View Fig ); axillula coarsely sculptured, with pliciform structures ( Fig. 9F View Fig ); median propodeal furrow with subparallel margins, coriaceous ( Fig. 1F View Fig ); propodeum with three to five setae on flange and posteriad spiracular tubercle; prosternum evenly curved, with a small transverse carina on its arc.
Female
Pedicel plus flagellum nearly 3.0 × as long as scape, pedicel 2.3×, scape 5.0–5.5× as long as wide, flagellum with elongate segments, F1 about 6.0×, F2 nearly 5.0×, F3 4.0 ×, clava about 5.0× as long as wide, with elongate clavomeres and with deep constriction between them; metasomal petiole transverse conical, slightly wider than long, with robust, evenly sloping metallic neck; gaster about 6.0× as long as wide, very long, syntergum in form of a broad parallel-sided stylus, 6.0–7.0× as long as wide; CC with one to three setae on ventral side; WIP with wide violet area apically, followed by some green and red narrow stripes.
Male
Antenna with five separate elongate funiculars, scape widened, about 3.3–3.4× as long as wide.
Female and male description
Bouček 1972.
Type material examined
Holotype
GHANA • ♀; Bodomase, E of Kumasi ; 420 m a.s.l.; 6.54° N, 1.14° W; 17 Aug. l967; S. Endrödy-Younga leg.; No 260; ex Pennisetum purpureum ; NHMUK 5.2175 About NHMUK .
GoogleMapsParatypes
GHANA • 14 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ZISP • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; USNM .
Other material examined
CAMEROON • 10 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Idenao , R. Sanje ; 4°14′ N, 9°00′ E; 13 May 2001; R.J. Post leg.; NHMUK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Yaoundé, Nkolbisson station ; 15 Dec. 1966; P. Bruneau de Miré leg.; CIRAD .
GHANA • 1 ♀; Kumasi , Kwadaso; 3 Mar. 1977; G. Scheibel reiter leg.; NHMUK .
UGANDA • 1 ♂; Semliki, ~ 4 km SW of Bundimasoli ; 17 Feb. 2013; A. Gumovsky leg.; dried marsh; DNA extract A08; SIZK .
Biology
Bred from languriid beetle larvae in stems of Pennisetum purpureum .
Distribution
Ghana ( Bouček 1972; this paper), Cameroon, Uganda (new record).
Remarks
The species is highly distinct: it differs from both C. necator and C. eburnus sp. nov. in general habitus: longer gaster and antennal segments, in particular.
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NHMUK |
ZISP |
Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute |
USNM |
USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum] |
SIZK |
Ukraine, Kiev, Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology |
NHMUK |
Natural History Museum, London |
ZISP |
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
USNM |
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
CIRAD |
Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement |
SIZK |
Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology |
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Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972
Gumovsky, Alex 2023 |
Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972: 203
Boucek Z. 1972: 203 |