Asiobaccha Violovitsh
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2016.1206634 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B627B0F-9440-47F1-90F4-9AF4C7308A99 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333773 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B23987DC-FFB3-FFF9-5FE0-D1A9FB26FA80 |
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Carolina |
scientific name |
Asiobaccha Violovitsh |
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Key to the species of Asiobaccha Violovitsh View in CoL View at ENA
1. Alula broad or reduced but always present ( Figures 1 View Figure 1 , 3a View Figure 3 , 8a View Figure 8 ) .................................... 4
– Alula absent, anal lobe reduced ( Figure 9d View Figure 9 ).......................................................................... 2
2. Cell C almost completely bare, microtrichose on apical 1/5. Face with white pollinosity ( Figure 10f View Figure 10 ). Abdomen dark; tergum 1 dark ( Figure 10a, b View Figure 10 ) (New Guinea) ................................................................................................................... A. selsi Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
– Cell C entirely microtrichose. Face with yellow pollinosity ( Figure 9f View Figure 9 ). Abdomen black with yellow markings on terga 2 and 3, sometimes also on tergum 4 ( Figures 6c View Figure 6 , 9c, d View Figure 9 ); tergum 1 usually yellow, not always.................................................................... 3
3. Pleuron dark: meron, metaepisternum and metacoxa dark brown ( Figure 9d View Figure 9 ). Metatibia yellow-brown ( Figure 9c, d View Figure 9 ). Scutellum unicolor, between yellow-brown to black ( Taiwan, Vietnam, Sulawesi and Luzon).............. .............. A. sauteri (Kertész) View in CoL
– Pleuron lighter: meron, metaepisternum and metacoxa yellow ( Figure 6d View Figure 6 ). Metatibia yellow with medial broad, black annulus ( Figure 6c, d View Figure 6 ). Scutellum yellow with medial dark area (Sumatra and Malay Peninsula).......................................................... ............................................................................ A. maculosa Mengual & Thompson View in CoL sp. nov.
– [Note: A. maculosa View in CoL has a narrow, linear alula but it is absent in all the paratypes; A. sauteri View in CoL has no alula. This species is keyed out in couplets 3 and 8]
4. Scutellum yellowish ( Figures 5c View Figure 5 , 10c View Figure 10 ). Abdomen usually with yellow or orange markings ( Figures 5c View Figure 5 , 7a View Figure 7 , 10c View Figure 10 ). Face bright yellow ( Figures 5e View Figure 5 , 8e View Figure 8 ) ............................ 7
– Scutellum and abdomen entirely black ( Figures 3c View Figure 3 , 8c View Figure 8 ). Face variable: black to dark yellow ( Figures 3f View Figure 3 , 8f View Figure 8 )....................................................................................................................... 5
5. Metatarsi yellowish white, except metabasitarsomere dark on basal 1/5 ( Figure 3c, d View Figure 3 ). Alula mostly bare, microtrichose only on anterodistal quarter, narrower than cell BM ( Solomon Islands)..................................... ..................................... A. albipeza Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
– Metatarsi dark, black or dark brown ( Figures 8d View Figure 8 , 9b View Figure 9 ). Alula microtrichose on apical half or more, as broad as or broader than cell BM ............................................................ 6
6. Cell BM bare on basal half or more, cells R and CuP bare basally, costal cell bare on basal half or less ( Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga)................ A. praefica (Bezzi)
– Wing entirely microtrichose except alula bare very basally ( Samoa)............................... ................................................................................................... A. samoaensis Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
7. Scutellum variable, usually entirely yellow or dark brown, never with a medial, round black macula. Tergum 4 different................................................................................. 9
– Scutellum yellow with a medial, isolated dark/black macula surrounded by yellow ( Figure 11a View Figure 11 ). Tergum 4 with two longitudinal yellow vitta reaching anterior margin ( Figure 11a View Figure 11 )........................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Alula broad, broader than costal cell. Tergum 3 with a submedial, triangular yellow fascia, not divided medially ( Figure 11a View Figure 11 ). Male: Frontal triangle densely yellow pollinose dorsally ( Figure 12f View Figure 12 ). Female: frons yellow pollinose on dorsal 3/4 (between anterior ocellus and antennal base), laterally joining pollinosity of face; and ocellar triangle shiny ( Figure 11e View Figure 11 ) (Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Vietnam).................................................................................................. A. tinctiventris (Meijere)
– Alula narrow, as narrow as or narrower than costal cell ( Figure 6c View Figure 6 ). Tergum 3 with two broad yellow maculae, not medially joined ( Figure 6c View Figure 6 ). Male: Frontal triangle shiny, not pollinose ( Figure 6f View Figure 6 ). Female: frons yellow pollinose only on dorsal 1/2 or less (between anterior ocellus and antennal base), isolated from facial pollinosity; and ocellar triangle pollinose ( Figure 12e View Figure 12 ) (Sumatra and Malay Peninsula)................. ............................................................................ A. maculosa Mengual & Thompson View in CoL sp. nov.
9. Mesonotal fringe or collar absent on anterior part of scutum ( Figures 4d View Figure 4 , 10e View Figure 10 ). Alula narrower than costal cell, at most as broad as costal cell ( Figure 14c, d View Figure 14 ) ............. 17
– Mesonotal fringe or collar well-defined on anterior part of scutum ( Figures 3b View Figure 3 , 4b View Figure 4 ). Alula usually broader than costal cell in the apical part ( Figure 14a, b View Figure 14 ) ................ 10 [NOTE: A. tinctiventris has no mesonotal collar but alula broader than costal cell. This species is keyed out in couplets 7 and 8]
10. Wing entirely microtrichose, except alula bare on posterior margin ( Figure 3a, b View Figure 3 ) ( Solomon Islands).................................................... A. aea Mengual & Thompson View in CoL sp. nov. – Wing bare basomedially; cell BM bare basally ( Figures 4a View Figure 4 , 5c View Figure 5 )................................... 11
11. Abdominal tergum 1 black or brownish, sometimes yellowish on lateral margins ( Figure 4a View Figure 4 ); tergum 2 black with two pairs of yellow maculae: one basally, which may join medially, and another medially; tergum 3 with two triangular maculae or with a broad yellow fascia not reaching anterior margin ( Figures 4a View Figure 4 , 8a View Figure 8 )............. 14
– Abdominal tergum 1 yellow with or without narrow dark fascia on posterior margin ( Figure 12a View Figure 12 ); tergum 2 yellowish, brownish posteriorly, with a dorsomedial brownish macula; tergum 3 with broad yellow fasciate maculae reaching anterior margin ( Figures 5c, d View Figure 5 , 7c View Figure 7 )............................................................................................................. 12 [Note: A. virtuosa View in CoL does not totally comply with any options of the couplet 11, as it has tergum 1 yellow, but yellow macula on tergum 3 does not reach anterior margin. For this reason, it appears twice in the key]
12. Cell R entirely microtrichose posterior to spurious vein ( Figure 14b View Figure 14 ). Tergum 4 with two subtriangular/rectangular yellow maculae, isolated from anterior margin ( Figure 12a, b View Figure 12 )............................................... ............................................... A. virtuosa (Curran) View in CoL
– Cell R bare basally, posterior to spurious vein. Tergum 4 black, or with yellow markings reaching anterior margin ( Figures 5d View Figure 5 , 7c View Figure 7 ) ........................................................ 13
13. Abdominal tergum 4 black, sometimes with two diffuse round yellow maculae on anterior margin; tergum 5 black ( Figure 5c, d View Figure 5 ). Stigma brown, not contrasting with colouration of subcostal cell or cell R1 ( Figure 5d View Figure 5 ) (New Guinea).................................... ....................................................................................................... A. doesburgi Mengual sp. nov.
– Abdominal tergum 4 black with a broad yellow fascia on anterior 1/2, slightly emarginated medially on posterior margin; tergum 5 black with two basal elongate yellow maculae on anterior margin ( Figure 7c, d View Figure 7 ). Stigma darker, contrasting with subcostal cell and cell R1 ( Figure 7c View Figure 7 ) ( Australia)....................................................................... ..................................................................... A. notofasciata Thompson & Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
14. Abdominal tergum 4 black with two subtriangular/rectangular yellow maculae, broadening laterally and not reaching the lateral margin, on basal half of the tergum ( Figure 12a View Figure 12 ); golden yellow pollinosity on posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and katatergum; cell R entirely microtrichose posterior to spurious vein ( Figure 14b View Figure 14 ) (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo).................. A. virtuosa (Curran) View in CoL
– Abdominal tergum 4 black, at most with two round very small yellow maculae on the anterolateral margin of the tergum ( Figures 4a View Figure 4 , 8a View Figure 8 , 12c View Figure 12 ); white or golden pollinosity on posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and katatergum; cell R bare on basal 1/3 or more, posterior to spurious vein ( Figure 14a View Figure 14 ).................................... 15 [NOTE: Some specimens of A. nubilipennis View in CoL from Sumatra have the cell R almost entirely microtrichose, although they have tergum 4 black and key out to couplet 16]
15. Metatarsus entirely black; scutellum black, sometimes posterior margin tawny ( Figure 4a, b View Figure 4 ) ( Philippines)............................ A. aquila Thompson & Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
– Metatarsus pale (white-yellow), except metabasitarsomere black on basal 2/3; scutellum yellow-brown ( Figures 5a View Figure 5 , 8b View Figure 8 ) .............................................................................. 16
16. Abdominal tergum 3 with two medial subtriangular yellow maculae, pointing anteriorly and not reaching lateral margins; metafemur mostly dark brown; pleuron with yellow golden pollinosity ( Figure 5a, b View Figure 5 ) (Sumba).......... A. bimaculata (Keiser) View in CoL
– Abdominal tergum 3 with medial broad yellow fascia (about 1/3 to 1/2 of tergum length) reaching lateral margins, sometimes also with two laterobasal small yellow maculae ( Figures 8a View Figure 8 , 12c View Figure 12 ); metafemur yellow with medial dark annulus ( Figure 8b View Figure 8 ); pleuron with white or yellow pollinosity (widely spread: from Sri Lanka, India to Japan, south to Indonesia).............................................................. A. nubilipennis (Austen) View in CoL
17. Scutum, scutellum, pleuron and legs yellowish orange; abdomen mostly yellowish orange basally ( Figure 10c View Figure 10 ). Male genitalia large, with epandrium and hypandrium enclosed under sternum 4 ( Figure 10d View Figure 10 ) ( Solomon Islands)................................................. ............................................................................................................ A. taronja Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
– Scutum darker dorsally, scutellum yellowish ( Figure 11c View Figure 11 ), pleuron yellow with two black vittae (from dorsomedial anepimeron to mesocoxa and on metaepisternum) and legs partly yellow ( Figure 7b View Figure 7 ). Male genitalia small, epandrium and hypandrium exposed and not covered by sternum 4 ................................................................. 18
18. Abdominal tergum 4 black on posterior 2/5 with yellow fascia on anterior 3/5, emarginate posteromedially and broadening laterally ( Figure 7a View Figure 7 ); antennal base with lateral lobular expansions on each side ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 ) (Sulawesi).................................. ......................................................................................................... A. marissae Mengual View in CoL sp. nov.
– Abdominal tergum 4 entirely black, sometimes with purple gloss ( Figures 6a View Figure 6 , 11c View Figure 11 ); antennal base normal, without lateral expansions ........................................................... 19
19. Wing entirely microtrichose: cell BM microtrichose; anal lobe and cell CuP microtrichose ( Figure 6a View Figure 6 ); alula mostly bare (New Guinea, Sumbawa and Luzon)............... ................................................................................................................................. A. loriae (Meijere) View in CoL
– Wing bare basomedially: cell BM bare on basal 1/5 or more; cell CuP and anal lobe bare basally ( Figures 11c View Figure 11 , 14c, d View Figure 14 ); alula mostly bare........................................................ 20
20. Cell R entirely microtrichose; cell BM bare on basal 1/3 – 1/2 ( Figures 11c View Figure 11 , 14d View Figure 14 ) (Kai Islands, Misool, New Guinea, New Ireland, and Woodlark islands)................................... ........................................................................................................................... A. tripartita (Walker) View in CoL
– Cell R bare on basal 1/3 – 1/2; cell BM bare on basal 1/2 or more ( Figures 4c View Figure 4 , 14c View Figure 14 ) ( Moluccas (Maluku and North Maluku Provinces), New Guinea, New Ireland, and Australia)............................................................................................................ A. bicolor (Austen) View in CoL
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