Anthobosca madecassa Krombein

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae), Zootaxa 2175, pp. 1-18 : 12

Anthobosca madecassa Krombein

Anthobosca madecassa Krombein 1949:52 . Holotype Ƥ; Madagascar: Bekily (ITHACA). Map 4

Diagnosis. Female madecassa are distinctive and are easily distinguished by the red head, dorsally red and ventrally black mesosoma, and metasoma with large, pale lateral spots on terga II and III.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Body length 5–8 mm. Head: flagellomere I 1.3x as long as broad; flagellomere II as long as broad; flagellomere X 2.6x as long as broad; clypeus broadly truncate apically. Punctation: punctures sparse and tiny on head and mesosoma, tiny and dense on metasoma. Vestiture: body with long silvery setae. Coloration: head, scape and pedicel red; mesosoma red dorsally, with black venter; propodeum red, black in one specimen; tibial spurs whitish; metasoma black to dark brown, with large white lateral spot on tergum II and III.

Distribution. Toliara Prov.: Bekily, Lake Ranobe, Ranobe, 18 km nnw Betroka; Antsiranana Prov., 7 km n Joffreville, Montagne d’Ambre National Park, 14 km ssw Antsiranana Nord; 9 ƤƤ were studied in addition to the type (Map 4). Specimens were collected in the months of October, November and January through June.