Temelucha pestifer ( Morley, 1913 )

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Temelucha pestifer ( Morley, 1913)

( Fig. 11 c)

Cremastus pestifer Morley, 1913: 499

Diagnosis. Temelucha pestifer is characterized by its short and stout tergite I, with petiole hardly longer than postpetiole.

Description. Morley (1913).

Biological notes. Collected in rice field ( Oryza sativa ) and associated with an unknown stem borer (Momoi 1968).

Comments. The general aspect of T. pestifer makes it very close to other local Temelucha such as T. basiornata . Its presumed presence in Reunion might ensue from a misidentification but we could not locate the specimen determined by Benoit (1957).

Distribution records. India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and possibly Reunion.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE Ƥ ( BNHM HYM 3b 1460) Verbatim label data: Brit. Mus. 1927–486, Ceylon S.P., Weligama, leg. T.S.F., 22.I.08.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cremastinae (females), habitus. a: Temelucha minuta. b: Temelucha basiornata. c: Temelucha pestifer. d: Temelucha talibarti. e: Trathala annulicornis. f: Trathala flavoorbitalis.