Megalopta (Noctoraptor), Engel, Brooks, and Yanega
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/962C87CA-AB75-FFF9-FF4A-64D49B295DC2 |
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Felipe |
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Megalopta (Noctoraptor) |
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Subgenus Noctoraptor Engel, Brooks, and Yanega
Megalopta (Noctoraptor) Engel, Brooks, and Yanega, 1997: 12 . Type species: Megalopta (Noctoraptor) byroni Engel, Brooks, and Yanega, 1997 , original designation.
DIAGNOSIS: See Diagnosis for Megalopta s.s. (above).
DESCRIPTION: As for the genus with the following additions: Female. Mandible long scythe-shaped, without supplementary teeth Scopa absent. Basitibial plate absent. Male Apical margin of clypeus black. Scape anteriorly black; F2 approximately two-thirds length of F3. Metasoma elongate. Apical margin of S5 broadly emarginate.
REVISIONS: At present there are two species included in Noctoraptor ; the type species and M. (Noctoraptor) noctifurax Engel etal.
BIOLOGY: Noctoraptor species are cleptoparasitic, based on their anatomy, presumably on other species of Megalopta .
DISTRIBUTION: The two known species occur in Panama ( M. byroni ) and Ecuador ( M noctifurax ).
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