Neacidiophora brevifalcata Koch, 1998

Koch, Frank, Pauly, Alain, Hora, Zewdu A. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2015, Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 119-155 : 143-144

Neacidiophora brevifalcata Koch, 1998

( Fig. 17 A–B)

Neacidiophora brevifalcata Koch, 1998b: 97 . Locus typicus: Ethiopia, Meisso. Holotype: ♂. Ethiopia, Meisso [= Mieso, 09°13'N 040°45'E], VIII.[19]45, leg. K. M. Guichard (BMNH).

Ethiopian material. Dire Dawa [09°35'N 041°50'E], 6000 ft, 17.IV.1946 (1 ♂), leg. K. M. Guichard; Nech Sar N. P., 05°58’N 037°35’E, 1110 m, 19.IX.2012, P3631 (1 ♂), leg. J.-L.- Boevé & A. Pauly ( RBINS). Distribution. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania.

Remarks. In the specimen from the Nech Sar N. P. the second and third anal vein (2A+3A) of the fore wing are nearly obliterated. This characteristic is known for N. brevifalcata and illustrated by Koch (1998b: fig. 36), and it can cause specimens to be misidentified as belonging to Distega. Neacidiophora brevifalcata is known only from the male.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Neacidiophora brevifalcata. A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. A – B, male (P 3631), body length: 7.0 mm.