Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci

Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci Map 1 Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci 2005: 1082. Holotype ��; 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 1.6 x as long as broad; flagellomere X 3 x 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.
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 3-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189315
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