Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.348 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:56D8BC29-3C29-4EE8-8633-B997784CA00A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698088 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C587E2-FFF1-FFB0-FDE4-FD55FCB5FA9E |
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Plazi |
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Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862 ) |
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Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862)
Xyela tricolor Norton, 1862: 144 (♂, type locality: USA, Kansas).
Megaxyela tricolor – Ross 1932: 162–163 (combination, description, key, distribution). ― Smith & Schiff 1998: 638–639 (key), 648 (description, distribution, references), figs 11, 22–25, 35.
Material examined
USA: 1 ♀, West Virginia, Upshur County, Ruraldale , 12 Apr. 2014, photographed by S. Cresswell (Cresswell 2014).
Supplementary description
See Smith & Schiff (1998). Female. Antenna black. Metafemur orange with extreme apex on outer surface black (1 ♀ studied by Smith & Schiff 1998) or distal 0.4 black ( Cresswell 2014).
Remarks
This is the first state record for West Virginia. The species has been found in Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and in Ontario ( Smith & Schiff 1998).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Macroxyelinae |
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Megaxyela tricolor ( Norton, 1862 )
| Stephan M. Blank, Katja Kramp, David R. Smith, Yuri N. Sundukov, Meicai Wei & Akihiko Shinohara 2017 |
Xyela tricolor
| Norton 1862: 144 |