Aulacus amazonicus (Roman)

Santos, Eduardo Fernando Dos & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2024, A new species and a new record of Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera, Aulacidae) from the North Andean block with a key to Colombian species, Zootaxa 5497 (2), pp. 285-291 : 288

Aulacus amazonicus (Roman)

Aulacinus amazonicus Roman, 1917: 16

Aulacus amazonicus ( Roman, 1917) ; Smith, 2001: 268 (synonymization); Smith, 2005: 219–222, Figs 1 –4 (♀ redescription)

Diagnosis. Head black; mesonotum reddish orange with propleuron and pronotum black; fore wing yellowish with a broad black band at center and black apex; metasoma reddish orange with apical 4 segments and ovipositor sheath black. Vertex with large and widely spaced punctures; mesonotum transversely carinate; notauli meeting on transscutal articulation; hind coxa shining, without carinae or punctures; ovipositor length 2.2 × fore wing length.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas); Colombia (Amazonas)

Figures

FIGURE 1: Lateral habitus of Aulacus costaricensis Smith, female.