Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey, new species
Creators: name: Kimsey, Lynn S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tiphiidae
Anthobosca
Anthobosca fisheri

description: Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey, new species
Figs. 6, 16, 26, Map 2
Diagnosis. The most distinctive male features of this species are the mostly black clypeus, brown paramere dististyle, horizontally oriented volsella and flagellomere XI more than 2.3x as long as broad. The dark clypeus, long flagellomere XI and brown dististyle most closely resemble that of harinhalai, and the shape of the aedeagus and paramere resembles that of castanea.
Male. Body length 4–8 mm. Head: inner eye margin slightly emarginate; flagellomere I as long as broad, flagellomere II 1.5x as long as broad, flagellomere XI 2.3–2.4x as long as broad; flagellomeres VIII–X each with one tyloid; clypeal apex ventral truncation slightly indented medially. Mesosoma: hindleg unmodified. Metasoma: segment 1 longer than broad; sternum VIII thickened apex about as broad as long, apical margin spinose. Genital capsule (Figs. 6, 16, 26): gonocoxa broadest submedially in dorsal view; aedeagus broad 3.5–4.0x as long as broad, apical lobes widely separated; volsella dorsal lobe extending horizontally from behind dorsal lobe of gonocoxa toward paramere, largely obscured by paramere and gonocoxa in lateral view; paramere basal part 2.5–3.0x as long as broad and narrowest submedially apical lobe 3x as long as broad in ventral view. Punctation: body with dense, small, contiguous punctures, except clypeus medially nearly impunctate. Vestiture: silvery. Coloration: body black, with pale whitish, brown or dark yellow markings; flagellum black; clypeus entirely black or black with small pale lateral spot, sometimes with paler spot medially; scape with small apical yellowish band; flagellum dark; inner eye margin with whitish band; mandible reddish medially; mandible black to dark reddish brown; palps dark basally, whitish apically; small whitish spot behind eye near vertex; pronotum with transverse whitish band along posterior margin and small ventral whitish spot; femoral apices and tibial bases whitish; foretibia and tarsus red; mid and hindtarsi whitish basally becoming brown apically; paramere lobe dark brown; tegula whitish; wing veins whitish near base, remainder dark brown; wing membrane untinted.
Female. Unknown.
Type material. Holotype 3: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Prov. Forêt de Mahavelo Isantoria River, 110m, 28/i–1/ii/2002, 24453S 46926E, Fisher, Griswold et al., malaise trap, BLF5237 (CAS). Paratypes 14 3; 4 3: same data as holotype; 1 3: Réserve Spéciale de Cap Sainte Marie, 14.9km 261 w Marovato, 160m, 13–19/ii/2002, 253540S 45849E, Fisher Griswold et al., malaise trap, BLF5651; 1 3: 30 km e Sakariha, 21/ iii/1994, 2246.20S 4450.43E, M. Wasbauer; 1 3: Isalo National Park, Hotel Relias de la Reine, west of Ampoza, 2239S 4520E, 18/iii/1994, M. Wasbauer; 1 3: Parc Nat. Isalo, west of Ampoza, 19/iii/1994, 2236S 4519E, M. Wasbauer; 2 3: Toamasina Prov., Andasibe National Park, 16–23/xi/2001, 1855.58S 4824.47E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise trap, 1025m, MA01-08B-20; 1 3: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Ampijoroa Station Forestière, 40 km nw Andranofasika, 130 m, 26/iii–1/iv/2001, 1619.15S 4648.38E, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3520; 1 3: Antsiranana Prov., Réserve Spéciale de l’Ankarana, 1251.49S 4913.33E, 210 m, 16–20/ii/2001, malaise trap, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3011; 1 3: Diego Suarez [Antsiranana] Prov., Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, 960 m, 213- 26/i/2001, Irwin, Schlinger & Harin’Hala, malaise trap, MAP 2. Distribution of Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey, new species.
MA01-01A-01; 1 3: 1 mi w Sakalava Beach, 30 m, 23–27/i/2001, 1216.11S 4923.25E, Irwin, Schlinger & Harin’Hala, malaise trap, MA01-04A-02 (BME, CAS).
Distribution. Map 2.
Etymology. Anthobosca fisheri, is named after Brian Fisher, who is responsible for the Madagascar arthropod survey project.
description: Published as part of Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae), pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 2175 on pages 5-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189315