Dolichurus albifacies Krombein 1979

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2020, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4821 (1), pp. 121-134 : 128

Dolichurus albifacies Krombein 1979

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Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, 1979: 18 , ♀, ♂. Holotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: Kandy district , Kandy, Udawattakele Sanctuary (USNM).

Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 6.4 mm; frons with small punctures separated by less than the diameter of a puncture, clypeus with white markings and without median carina ( Fig. 32 ); absence of macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutellum; frontal platform broad, twice as broad as long; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with scattered tiny punctures, distinct sternaulus present on mesopleuron.

Material examined. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiraivetti , 1 ♀, 24.viii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13504 .

Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (new state record). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka ( Krombein 1979; Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 24–29. 24. Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 25. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♂ Habitus, lateral view; 26. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 27. Dolichurus gilberti Turner, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 28. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♂ Habitus lateral view; 29. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♀ Habitus lateral view.

FIGURES 30–36. 30. Dolichurus gilberti Turner, ♀ Metasoma; 31. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♀ Mesosoma; 32. Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, ♀ Clypeus; 33. Dolichurus aridulus Krombein, ♀ Head, frontal view; 34. Dolichurus lankensis Krombein, ♀ Head, frontal view; 35. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♂ Mesopleuron; 36. Dolichurus aridulus Krombein, ♂, Mesopleuron.