Malasigalphus petiolaris Achterberg

Quicke, Donald L. J., Sharkey, Michael J., Laurenne, Nina M. & Dowling, Ashley, 2008, A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), including Pselaphanus Szépligeti, based on 28 S rDNA, with descriptions of new Afrotropical and Madagascan Minanga and Malasigalphus species, Journal of Natural History 42 (43 - 44), pp. 2703-2719 : 2709

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930802364042
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58041A11-FFE1-FFA4-FE70-BBBEFC6DFA94
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Malasigalphus petiolaris Achterberg
status

Treatment

Malasigalphus petiolaris Achterberg View in CoL male

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Malasigalphus petiolaris Achterberg

Material examined

Male: Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province, Parc National d’Isalo, 9.1 km 354 ° N Ranohira, elev. 725m., 27–31 Jan., 2003. 22 ° 289540S, 45 ° 279420E, Malaise trap in gallery forest, coll. B. Fisher, T. Griswold et al. BLF7303, California Academy of Sciences .

Description

The species was described based on a single female. This is the first record of a male and it is essentially similar to the female holotype with the following exceptions: body length 9.8mm; wing length 8.7mm; antenna with 40 flagellomeres (broken after tenth flagellomere in holotype); occipital carina strong dorsally and evenly rounded; fore femur black, fore and mid tibia yellow laterally, brown medially.