Dinapsis hirtipes Hedqvist, 1967

van Noort, Simon, Shaw, Scott Richard & Copeland, Robert S., 2022, Revision of the endemic African genus Dinapsis (Dinapsini, Megalyridae, Hymenoptera) with description of seven new species, ZooKeys 1112, pp. 27-122 : 27

Dinapsis hirtipes Hedqvist, 1967

Fig. 13

Material examined.

Holotype. Madagascar • ♀; Ivondro ; [18.238933°S, 49.366374°E]; Museum Paris; Apr. 1941; A. Seyrig [blue labels]; Coll. Mus. Tervuren [white label] ; HOLOTYPUS Dinapsis hirtipes sp. n. ♀ K-J Hedqvist det. 1967 [red label]; MNHN.

Distribution.

(Fig. 43 ) Madagascar.

Comments.

Dinapsis hirtipes is known only from the type- locality at Ivondro, Madagascar. Ivondro is located in the Atsimo-Atsinanana region. Dinapsis hirtipes is a distinctive species with a raised (crested) vertex (Fig. 13C, E ) and banded wings (Fig. 13F ). When it was described by Hedqvist (1967) it was the only known megalyrid with this distinctive crested head shape. Mita and Shaw (2020) assigned it to the Dinapsis hirtipes species group with five other new species described in their revision, all of which can be distinguished using the key in this paper, or the key in Mita and Shaw (2020). For a full species description and more information on its distribution and distinguishing characteristics, see Mita and Shaw (2020).

Figures

Figure 13. Dinapsis hirtipes holotype female (MNHN) A habitus, dorsal view (inset: data labels) B habitus, lateral view (inset: metasoma lateral view) C head, mesosoma, dorsal view D head, mesosoma, lateral view E head, anterior view F wings, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2000 µm (A); 1000 µm (B, F); 500 µm (C, D, E).

Figure 43. Distribution maps of Dinapsis species A country occurrences for the genus Dinapsis B specimen point data of described Dinapsis species plotted on a topographical relief map C Dinapsis species occurring in Madagascar and Mauritius, excluding the D. hirtipes species-group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map) D Madagascan records of Dinapsis species in the D. hirtipes species group (specimen point data plotted on a topographical relief map).