Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862 )

Stephan M. Blank, Katja Kramp, David R. Smith, Yuri N. Sundukov, Meicai Wei & Akihiko Shinohara, 2017, Big and beautiful: the Megaxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) of East Asia and North America, European Journal of Taxonomy 348, pp. 1-46 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.348
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698088
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scientific name	Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862 )
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Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862)

Xyela tricolor Norton, 1862: 144 (♂, type locality: USA, Kansas).

Megaxyela tricolor – Ross 1932: 162–163 (combination, description, key, distribution). ― Smith & Schiff 1998: 638–639 (key), 648 (description, distribution, references), figs 11, 22–25, 35.

Material examined

USA: 1 ♀, West Virginia, Upshur County, Ruraldale , 12 Apr. 2014, photographed by S. Cresswell ( Cresswell 2014).

Supplementary description

See Smith & Schiff (1998). Female. Antenna black. Metafemur orange with extreme apex on outer surface black (1 ♀ studied by Smith & Schiff 1998) or distal 0.4 black ( Cresswell 2014).

Remarks

This is the first state record for West Virginia. The species has been found in Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and in Ontario ( Smith & Schiff 1998).

References

Cresswell S. 2014. April Unknown - Megaxyela tricolor. Available from BugGuide, http: // bugguide. net / node / view / 908657 [accessed 20 Jul. 2016].

Norton E. 1862. Notice of several new species of Tenthredinidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 [1861 - 1863] (5): 143 - 144.

Ross H. H. 1932. The hymenopterous family Xyelidae in North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 25: 153 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 25.1.153

Smith D. R. & Schiff N. M. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 636 - 657.