Athalia excisa Koch, 2006
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120384 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D088788-EE54-7A69-FF5F-66035871F91D |
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Athalia excisa Koch, 2006: 305 . Locus typicus: Brit[ish] East Afrika [ Kenya], Kikuyu. Holotype: ♀. Brit. East Afrika, Kikuyu [01°15'S 036°40'E], 01.V.1902, Felix Thomas S.V. (MFN).
Ethiopian material. Chancho, 09°20'N 038°44'E, 07.X.2010, on Brassicaceae , P3422_a (1 ♀), leg. J.-L. Boevé ( RBINS). This is the first record of A. excisa for Ethiopia.
Distribution. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania.
Host plant. Brassicaceae ( Koch 2006; Opitz et al. 2012).
Remarks. The females of A. excisa are clearly characterized by the deep excised hypopygium ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A). The morphological differences to A. vollenhoveni are discussed under this species.
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
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Athalia excisa Koch, 2006
Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc 2015 |
Athalia excisa
Koch 2006: 305 |