Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae), Zootaxa 2175, pp. 1-18 : 3-5

Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci

Map 1

Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci 2005:1082 . Holotype Ƥ; Madagascar: Tulear Berenti, 12 km northwest Amboasary (LONDON).

MAP 1. Distribution of Anthobosca castanea Kimsey , new species, and Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci.

Diagnosis. Anthobosca dimidiata is a distinctive species; females can be easily recognized by the entirely red metasoma and all-black mesosoma.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Body length 7 mm. Head: flagellomeres I and II 1.6x as long as broad; flagellomere X 3x as long as broad; clypeus broadly truncate apically, truncation wider than interantennal area; head broader than long. Punctation: punctures sparse and tiny on head and mesosoma, tiny and dense on metasoma. Vestiture: body with pale brownish setae. Coloration: head, antenna, mesosoma and propodeum blackish; tibial spurs whitish; metasoma entirely red, without pale white lateral spots.

Distribution. Toliara Prov.: 12 km nw Amboasary (Map 2); Only the type was seen. The type specimens were collected in May.