Melitturga (Australomelitturga), 1999
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.669.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA11018F-4264-4BC4-AEC0-96676D13F071 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493280 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C6559E64-FFEA-FF88-FEDB-FEA3F5159782 |
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Felipe |
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Melitturga (Australomelitturga) |
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Key to the species of Melitturga (Australomelitturga)
Most of the useful diagnostic structures for the since known species were accurately illustrated by Eardley (1991). Consequently the illustration of the present keys to the African Melitturga Latreille, 1806 and Meliturgula Friese, 1903 species is restricted to the useful characters for the identification of the taxa described here (Figs, 1, 2, 3).
Females
1. Metasoma cuticle entirely black except the tergal margins. Namibian species ............. .................................................................................. Melitturga penrithorum EARDLEY View in CoL
Metasoma cuticle at least partly reddish ....................................................................... 2
2. Metasoma red with some median black marks on terga. Clypeus ventral part, labrum, mandibles basis and antennae reddishyellow. Pilosity reddishblonde on the whole body, clearer on the face. Namibian species. .............. Melitturga barbareae EARDLEY
Metasoma black with reddish marks on the first tergum. Clypeus and adjacent part yellow, never reddish. Anal fringe dark. Pilosity of the anterior of the body clear .... 3
3. T(1)23(4) red. Face entirely black. Pilosity sparse, blonde on the pleurae and whitish on the propodeum. Anal fringe black. SouthAfrican species ..................................... ............................................................................................. Melitturga capensis FRIESE View in CoL
Only the tergal apical depressions and the first tergal periphery discoloured or partly reddish. Pilosity whitishgrey, forming dense apical fringes on the tergal apices. Anal fringe brownishblack. NorthAfrican species .................. Melitturga albescens PEREZ View in CoL
Males
1. Clypeus or clypeus and scapal ventral faces yellow; the supraclypeus and face lateral parts dark. T6 proximal part slightly convex (helmetlike), glabrous .......................... ..........................................................................................................Namibian species 2
Clypeus and close areas (supraclypeus and/or face lateral parts) yellow. T6 strongly convex (helmetlike); the proximal part densely hairy ................................................. 3
2. Mesosoma pilosity short, greyish. T6 lightly convex. Gonostyli with thick secondary processes ( Fig.2a View FIGURE 2 ). ..................................................... Melitturga penrithorum EARDLEY View in CoL
Mesosoma pilosity longer, brownish. T6 nearly undifferentiated. Gonostyli with weaker secondary processes ( Fig.2b View FIGURE 2 ). .......................... Melitturga barbareae EARDLEY
3. Clypeus and lateral parts of face whitishyellow. Mesonotum with 2 longitudinal lateral depressions, diverging posteriorly. Metasoma glabrous without hair fringes......... ....................................Species from SouthAngola Melitturga flavomarginata PATINY View in CoL
Lateral parts of face black. Mesonotum regularly convex. Pilosity more abundant, forming in some species fringes on the tergal apices.................................................... 4
4. Clypeus and supraclypeus pale yellow. Pilosity greyish, dense and uniform, constituting a continuous pile. Terga black. SouthAfrican species ............................................................................................ Melitturga capensis FRIESE View in CoL
Clypeus, supraclypeus and anterior face of scapes pale yellow. Pilosity grey, short and uniform. Terga proximal part finely sculptured, matte, apical margin yellowish transparent. NorthAfrican species. .......................................... Melitturga albescens PÉREZ View in CoL
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