Soita baltazarae Hardy, 1974

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Soita baltazarae Hardy, 1974

(Figs. 106–113)

Soita baltazarae Hardy 1974: 151 . Type locality: Philippines. Bohol: S Bullones, 366 m. (HT ♀ BBM).

Diagnosis. Head yellow, with paired distinct elongate oval black spot on base of orbital seta and 1 irregular black spot on median occipital sclerite (Figs.109, 110). Scutellum with 1 pair of setae. Anepisternum and katepisternum without short black spines extending longitudinally along anteroventral margin. Wing (Fig. 112) almost entirely hyaline except pterostigma brown and one very narrow, brownish diffuse band along anterior margins of cells r l and r2+3. Abdomen (Fig. 111) yellow with distinct broad black bands on syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3–5 posteriorly.

Distribution: Philippines (Bohol).

Specimen examined: PHILIPPINES: Bohol: S Bullones, 366 m, 26 April 1955, C. R. Baltazar, HT ♀, (BPBM).

Remarks. This species appears to be most closely related to S. psiloides , but differs by having a diffuse narrow brownish band along the anterior margins of cells r l and r2+3, and by the abdomen having broad black bands on syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3–5 posteriorly.