Genaemirum doryalidis Heinrich, 1967

Rousse, Pascal, Broad, Gavin R. & van Noort, Simon, 2016, Review of the genus Genaemirum Heinrich (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) with interactive identification keys to species, ZooKeys 636, pp. 77-105 : 94-97

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.636.10216

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22F6CC2B-C414-4431-8883-5CE43927C670

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9670DE78-F3DD-78B2-8C06-1BABF628C559

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scientific name

Genaemirum doryalidis Heinrich, 1967
status

 

Genaemirum doryalidis Heinrich, 1967 View in CoL Fig. 5

Material examined.

Holotype ♀: Type [red bordered circular label], Holotype [red label], KENYA, Kenya Forest Department, K. Elburgon, L0.704, ex Dovyalis abyssinica , Pres by Com Inst Ent BM 1965-3, C.I.E. 251, B.M. TYPE HYM. 3B.2120, Genaemirum doryalidis det. G. Heinrich, Name changed to dovyalidis G.H.H. i.l. to G.J.K., Imaged WaspWeb LAS 4.4 SAMC 2014 [yellow label] (BMNH).

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 14 mm. Black with numerous white markings on head and mesosoma, fore leg orange from femur, and tergites 2-7 apically reddish; flagellum broken; lower gena extraordinarily expanded into flat, spade-shaped protuberance; clypeus strongly enlarged, considerably longer than face, widened and bent upward toward apex, concealing mandible and labrum in frontal view; frons rugose with two horn-like protuberances pointing upward; basal tergites longitudinally striate medially. Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Associated with Dovyalis abyssinica Warb. ( Malpighiales : Salicaceae ). See discussion on biology under the genus treatment.

Distribution.

Kenya.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Genaemirum