Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2457 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10805373 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787DC-FFF4-D35F-A44A-FD45FCFFBEAD |
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Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995 |
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Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995 View in CoL
Figs 1 View Fig , 2B View Fig , 3 View Fig
Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995: 98–99 View in CoL (description, key, distribution, images).
Masona bulbofemoralis View in CoL – Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue). — Quicke et al. 2019a: 592 (comments); 2019b: appendix S1 (list).
Differential diagnosis
Masona bulbofemoralis can be easily distinguished from all the other species of the genus by the following morphological features: (1) scutellum present (absent in M. infuscata , M. prognatha , M. similis and M. wow sp. nov.); (2) larger size, about 1.8 mm; (3) brown color ( M. neon sp. nov. and M. popeye are completely yellow); (4) non-bulbous propodeum (strongly bulbous in M. popeye ); (5) occipital carina foveolate (simple in all the other species of the genus).
Original type series
Holotype (by original designation)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • ♀; Georgia, Decatur County; 22 Jun. 1953; P.B. Kannowski leg.; EMUS.
Material examined
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • 1 ♀; Florida, Orange Co., Hal Scott Regional Preserve , Cypress swamp; 28.502818° N, 81.134632° W; 5–26 Jul. 2022; D. Dal Pos and A. Pandolfi leg.; D. Dal Pos det., 2022; Malaise trap; DDPC GoogleMaps .
Male
Unknown.
Distribution
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Georgia ( van Achterberg 1995); Florida (new record) ( Fig. 3 View Fig ).
Remarks
The specimen reported above is a new record for Florida, expanding the distribution of the species further south, and it is the first specimen recorded since the holotype was collected nearly 70 years ago.
The specimen was collected via Malaise trap at the ecotone between a cypress dome forested wetland and a palm flat wood. During the wet season (June–September), the area is frequently inundated with water. The Malaise trap was left in situ for an entire year (August 2021 – August 2022) but only a single specimen of M. bulbofemoralis was collected. The collecting period (5–26 June) matches the month of the holotype collection (22 June 1953).
According to Quicke et al. (2019a), Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019 , is the largest species of Masona currently described, having a body length of 2.0 mm. However, the specimen of Masona bulbofemoralis here recorded measures 2.0 mm too.
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USA, Utah, Logan, Utah State University |
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Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995
Pos, Davide Dal, Broad, Gavin R. & Martens, Abigail P. 2024 |
Masona bulbofemoralis
Quicke D. L. J. & Chaul J. C. M. & Butcher B. A. 2019: 592 |
Quicke D. L. J. & Chaul J. C. M. & Butcher B. A. 2019: 139 |
Yu et al. 2016: 139 |