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01594DE8527E477C5EFD641E5ED5B9A1.text	01594DE8527E477C5EFD641E5ED5B9A1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha strigosa Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha strigosa sp. n. Figs 15, 30</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Fianarantsoa Prov., Ranomofana N.P. 21°16'S 47°27'E, 18/iv/1994, M. Wasbauer (DAVIS).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(91 males): 4 males: Belle Vue at Talatakely, 1020 m, 21°15.99'S, 47°25.21'E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap, secondary tropical forest, 23-28/iv/2002, MA-02-09C-26; 1 male: 22-28/xi/2001, MA-02-09C-04; 1 male: 10-14/i/2002, MA-02-09C-11; 2 males: 23/v-3/vi/2002, MA-02-09C-30; 1 male: 12-19/ii/2002, MA-02-09C-16; 1 male: 24/vii-4/viii/2002, MA-02-09C-36; 1 male: 16-26/ii/2003, MA- 02-09C-54; 1 male: 12-23/iv/2003, MA-02-09C-58; 1 male: 14-21/i/2002, MA-02-09C-12; 3 males: 26/ii-4/iii/2002, MA-02-09C-18; 2 males: radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m, 21°15'05S, 47°24'43E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap, mixed tropical forest, 9-20/iii/2003, MA-02-09B-55; 1 male: 6-17/vii/2003, MA-02-09B-66; 1 male: 4-12/ii/2002, MA-02-09B-15; 2 males: 15-21/xii/2001, MA-02-09B-07; 1 male: 12-19/iii/2002, MA-02-09B-20; 1 male: 14-24/vi/2002 21, MA-02-09B-32; 2 males: 24/v-4/vi/2002 t, MA-02-09B-30; 1 male: 15-25/vii/2002, MA-02-09B-35; 1 male: 9-20/iii/2003, MA-02-09B-55; 4 males: 29/vi-6/vii/2003, MA-02-09B-65; 1 male: 6-17/vii/2003, MA-02-09B-66; 6 males: Vohiparara, at broken bridge, 1110 m, 25/vii/-3/viii/2002, 21°13.57S, 47°22.19E, R. Harin’Hala, MT in high altitude rainforest, MA-02-09A-36; 1 male: 15-21/xii/2001, MA-02-09A-07; 2 males: 4-12/ii/2002, MA-02-09A-15; 1 male: 26-31/iii/2002, MA-02-09A-22; 2 males: radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m, 17-30/v/2003, 21°5.05S, 47°24.43E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-61; 4 males: 20/iii-3/iv/2003, MA-02-09B-56; 8 males: Montagne d’Anjanaharibe, 18.0 km 21° NNE Ambinanitelo, 470m, 8-12/iii/2003, 15°11'18"S 049°36'54"E, Fisher, Griswold et al., Malaise trap, in rainforest, BLF8011; 15 males: Toamasina Prov., Montagne d’Anjanaharibe, 19.5 km 27° nne Ambinanitelo 1100 m, 12-16/iii/2003, 15°10'42'S 049°38'06'E, Fisher, Griswold et al., Malaise trap, in montane rainforest, BLF8149; 3 males: botanic garden nr entrance to Andasibe Natl. Park, 24/x/-1/xi/2001, 18°55.58S, 48°4.47E, R. Harin’Hala, MT-tropical forest, 1025 m, MA-01-08B-17; 1 male: 1-7/xi/2001, MA001-08B-18; 2 males: Antsiranana Parc Natl. de Marojejy, Manantenina River, 28.0 km 38° ne Andapa, 8.2 km 333° nnw Manantenina, 450m, 12-25/xi/2003, 14°26'12S, 049°46'30E, B.L. Fisher et al, MT in rainforest, BLF8723; 1 male: Parc Natl Montagne d’Ambre, 1125m, 14-30/v/2001, 12°31'13S, 49°10'45E, R. Harin’Hala, MT, MA-01-01D-11; 5 males: Toliara Prov., Rés. Spéciale d’Ambohijanahary, Forêt d’Ankazotsihitafototra, 35.2 km 312° nw Ambaravaranala, 1050m, 13-17/i/2003, 18°16'00S, 045°24'24E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT-montane rainforest, BLF7023; 1 male: Forêt Classée d’Analavelona, 29.2 km 343° nnw Mahaboboka, 1100m, 18-22/ii/2003, 22°40'30S, 044°11'24E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT, in montane rainforest, BLF7818; 4 males: Mahajanga Prov., Parc Natl. Tsingy de Bemaraha, 3.4 km 93° e Bekopaka, Tombeau Vazimba, 50m, 6-10/xi/2001, 19°8'31S, 44°49'41E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT, in tropical dry forest, BLF4233; 3 males: Diego Suarez Prov., PN Montagne d’Ambre, 1125 m, 12°31'13S, 49°10'45E, 14-30/v/2001, R. Harin’Hala, MT, MA01-01D-11 (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Methocha strigosa is one of three species, including Methocha nasiformis and Methocha flavipalpus with an acute to digitate medial clypeal projection as discussed under Methocha nasiformis. It can be distinguished from those species by the dark coloration and propodeum covered fine transverse ridges.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 6-11 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus forming obtuse angle medially (Fig. 15), apex linear or shallowly emarginate; antennal lobes well-developed, with narrow, deep notch between; frons with /without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets; frons and vertex punctures separated by 1-4 puncture diameters; scapal ridge two-thirds length of scape; flagellomere I 1.8 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 2.2 × as long as broad; flagellomere III 2.2 × as long as broad; flagellomeres III-X arcuate; flagellomere XI 5 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk transversely striatiform anteriorly, evenly convex medially, shoulders evenly rounded, punctures separated by 0.5-2.0 puncture diameters; scutal punctures separated by 0.5-1.0 puncture diameter, becoming less dense medially; scutellum and mesopleuron highly polished, punctation 4-5 puncture diameters apart or more; propodeum covered with dense fine, transverse ridges, becoming U-shaped dorsally.</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga highly polished, punctures tiny separated by 4-5 puncture diameters; sterna highly polished, with smooth subapical transverse groove, punctures anterior to groove 1 puncture diameter apart, posterior to groove 4-5 puncture diameters.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 30). Paramere breadth at medial angle 2.2-2.5 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle 4.6 ×.</p> <p>Color. Black, with red to brown mandibles; legs black to dark brown becoming paler brown on tarsi in some specimens; palpi yellow; parategula black, without transparent margin; wing membrane untinted or slightly brown tinted.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p> <p>Checklist of Methocha Species</p> <p>1. Methocha arcuata sp. n. Distribution: Fianarantsoa Province.</p> <p>2. Methocha arnoldi Krombein 1949:72. Holotype male; Madagascar: near Rogez (Krombein, on loan to WASHINGTON). Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toliara and Toamasina Provinces.</p> <p>3. Methocha cambonini (Saussure) 1891:259. (Methoca). Holotype female; Madagascar (GENEVA).</p> <p>4. Methocha depressa sp. n. Distribution: Fianarantsoa Province.</p> <p>5. Methocha flavipalpus sp. n. Distribution: Mahajanga, Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>6. Methocha impunctata sp. n. Distribution: Toamasina Province.</p> <p>7. Methocha lambertoni Krombein 1949:73. Holotype male; Madagascar: near Rogez, (Krombein, on loan to WASHINGTON). Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>8. Methocha nasiformis sp. n. Distribution: Fianarantsoa, Antsiranana Provinces.</p> <p>9. Methocha robusta sp. n. Distribution: Fianarantsoa, Toamasina Provinces.</p> <p>10. Methocha strigosa sp. n. Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara, Diego Suarez Provinces.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/01594DE8527E477C5EFD641E5ED5B9A1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
0E74F0C56C881B3F5F511AB028A0707B.text	0E74F0C56C881B3F5F511AB028A0707B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Genus Methocha Latreille Figs 9 30</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>Members of the genus Methocha are distinctive wasps. Females are wingless and ant-like. Males are slender and elongate with exserted parameres that protrude as far as the uncus. There are 16 species of Methocha in continental Africa, and ten Malagassy species, nine based on males and one species, Methocha cambonini Saussure, based on females. These wasps are known to be parasites of cicindellid beetles.</p> <p>Key to species of Methocha (males)</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pronotal disk strongly depressed posterior to anterior margin (as in Figs 19, 20)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pronotal disk not depressed posterior to anterior margin</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pronotal disk depressed on either side of medial longitudinal elevation (Fig. 20); frons produced into medial angular projection just above suprantennal projections (Fig. 18)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha depressa sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pronotal disk without medial longitudinal elevation (Fig. 19); frons not produced into medial projection or medial projection rounded</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha robusta sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeal deeply apicomedially emarginate; suprantennal projections broadly rounded separated by broadly obtuse, shallow medial depression; parategula yellow; legs usually yellow to reddish</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha lambertoni Krombein</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeal apex truncate or slightly concave; suprantennal projections strongly convex separated by narrow, acute medial depression; parategula entirely black, brown or bicolored; legs brown to black or yellow</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeus with acute to digitate medial projection (as in Figs 11, 13, 15)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeus broadly convex, without acute or digitate medial projection (as in Figs 9, 10, 12)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Parategula yellowish brown to brown with transparent margin; clypeal apical margin emarginate; mandible yellow; legs yellow to yellowish brown</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha flavipalpus sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Parategula opaque, evenly black to dark brown; clypeal apical margin linear or shallowly emarginate, mandible dark reddish brown to black; legs dark brown to black</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Propodeum covered with coarse contiguous punctures</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha nasiformis sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Propodeum covered with fine transverse parallel ridges (similar to Fig. 25)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha strigosa sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere I twice as long as broad, flagellomere II 3 × as long as broad; antennal lobes strongly produced, medially forming parallel-sided or apically narrowed notch</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha arnoldi Krombein</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere I less than twice as long as broad, flagellomere II twice as long as broad; antennal lobes weakly or strongly produced, forming obtuse medial notch</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Propodeum covered with dense, fine ridges, dorsally and ventrally arcuate (Fig. 25)</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha arcuata sp. n.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Propodeum polished, nearly impunctate, without more than traces of ridges</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Methocha impunctata sp. n.</td> </tr></table> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E74F0C56C881B3F5F511AB028A0707B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
E05336413C955547718603EDAA5BFB0A.text	E05336413C955547718603EDAA5BFB0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Anthobosca Guérin de Méneville	<div><p>Genus Anthobosca Guerin de Meneville Fig. 2</p> <p>Anthobosca Guérin de Méneville 1838:237.</p> <p>Type species:</p> <p>Anthobosca australasiae Guérin de Méneville 1838:237.</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>This is the least derived genus in the family Tiphiidae (Kimsey 1991). Both sexes are fully winged, with complete venation. Males are slenderer than females, with linear, cylindrical antennae. Females are less commonly collected than males, and are heavy-bodied with coiled antennae. The face is flat, without supraantennal lobes, similar to the face in Tiphiinae. There are fourteen Anthobosca species described from mainland Africa and ten from Madagascar (Kimsey 2009). Hosts are unknown for the subfamily.</p> <p>Key to species of Anthobosca (modified from Kimsey 2009)</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasoma 6-segmented; ten flagellomeres; females</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasoma 7-segmented; eleven flagellomeres; males</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Head, mesosoma and metasoma concolorous brown; wing membrane amber-tinted; body over 25 mm long</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca insularis F. Smith</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Head, mesosoma and metasoma blackish or blackish and red, often with whitish spots; wing membrane untinted or tinted with brown to black; body length less than 15 mm long</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasoma black to dark brown, terga II-III with whitish lateral spots</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca madecassa Krombein</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasoma red, terga II-III without lateral spot</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal sterna II and III with large spoon-like ventral projections; metasoma with extensive yellow markings</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca hallucigenia Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal sterna II and III unmodified, without projections; metasoma without yellow markings</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body length 17-20 mm; wings dark amber-tinted; flagellomeres without tyloids; tegula brown</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca insularis F. Smith</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body length 11 mm or less; wings untinted; three or more flagellomeres with tyloids; tegula white</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere XI less than 2.2 × as long as broad</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere XI more than 2.4 × as long as broad</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere VIII without tyloids; clypeus evenly convex with narrow ventrally facing flattened apical surface</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca micromeria Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere VIII with one tyloid; clypeus without ventrally facing flattened apical surface</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere VII with one small tyloid</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca nigrimacula Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere VII without tyloids</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Volsella broadest submedially, dorsal lobe oriented diagonally; paramere apex brown</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca castanea Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Volsella broadest dorsally, dorsal lobe oriented horizontally; paramere apex whitish</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca toliaraensis Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Paramere apex white; flagellum strongly bicolored brown to black dorsally, yellow ventrally; digitus extending diagonally to horizontally toward paramere in profile</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Paramere apex brown; flagellum brown to black, may be slightly paler ventrally; digitus extending diagonally toward paramere in lateral view</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeus evenly convex medially, entirely white or less commonly bicolored, black and white; volsella broadest dorsally, digitus horizontally oriented in lateral view</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca mahajangaensis Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clypeus flattened medially, entirely brown or bicolored brown and black; volsella narrowed dorsally, digitus oriented obliquely in lateral view</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca namorokaensis Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere XI 2.6-3.0 × as long as broad; digitus diagonally to vertically oriented in lateral view</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca harinhalai Kimsey</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flagellomere XI 2.3-2.4 × as long as broad; digitus horizontally oriented in lateral view</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey</td> </tr></table> <p>Checklist of Anthobosca species</p> <p>1. Anthobosca castanea Kimsey 2009:2. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Ampijoroa Station Forestiére, 40 km 306° 2nw Andranofasika (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>2. Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci 2005:1082. Holotype female; Madagascar: Tuléar Berenti, 12 km nw Amboasary (LONDON). Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> <p>3. Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey 2009:5.Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov. Forêt de Mahavelo Isantoria River (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara, Toamasina, Antsiranana and Mahajanga Provinces.</p> <p>4. Anthobosca hallucigenia Kimsey 2009:9. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toamasina Prov., Andasibe National Park (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Antsiranana, Finanarantsoa and Toamasina Provinces.</p> <p>5. Anthobosca harinhalai Kimsey 2009:11. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov. Forêt de Mahavelo Isantoria River (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara and Tuléar Provinces.</p> <p>6. Anthobosca insularis (Smith) 1879: 178. (Myzine). Holotype female; Madagascar (LONDON). Distribution: Ranomafana National Park and adjacent Fianarantsoa Prov.</p> <p>7. Anthobosca madecassa Krombein 1949:52. Holotype female; Madagascar: Bekily (ITHACA). Distribution: Antsiranana and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>8. Anthobosca mahajangaensis Kimsey 2009:12. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Parc National de Baie de Baly (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.</p> <p>9. Anthobosca micromeria Bartalucci 2005:1083. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tuléar Morondava (LONDON). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.</p> <p>10. Anthobosca namorokaensis Kimsey 2009:15. Holotype male: Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov., Namoroka National Park, 16.9 km, 317° nw Vilanandro (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Mahajanga Prov.</p> <p>11. Anthobosca nigrimacula Kimsey 2009:16. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov., Réserve Spéciale de Cap Sainte Marie (SAN FRANCISCO). Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> <p>12. Anthobosca toliaraensis Kimsey 2009:16. Holotype male: Madagascar: Toliara Prov., 12 km se Tuléar, (DAVIS). Distribution: Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E05336413C955547718603EDAA5BFB0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
4A69943EDA30F1D012EEBF9F141635CC.text	4A69943EDA30F1D012EEBF9F141635CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tiphia Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Genus Tiphia Fabricius Fig. 3</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>The genus Tiphia occurs worldwide, but the majority of species are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Only two species are recorded from Madagascar whereas 29 are known from mainland Africa. Members of the genus are known to parasitize scarab beetle larvae.</p> <p>Tiphia are medium-sized, black wasps. They are characterized by a flat face, incomplete forewing marginal cell, oral fossa and associated hypostomal plate broader than long, male metasomal sternum VI notched apicomedially, and sternum VII unciform.</p> <p>Key to species of Tiphia</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal tergum I with transverse anterodorsal carina</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tiphia bisinuata Saussure</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal tergum I without transverse carina</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tiphia saussurei Krombein</td> </tr></table> <p>Checklist of Tiphia species</p> <p>1. Tiphia bisinuata Saussure 1890: 236. Syntype females; Madagascar (GENEVA?, unverified).</p> <p>2. Tiphia saussurei Krombein 1949: 54. Holotype; Madagascar: Fianarantsoa (WASHINGTON). Distribution: Fianarantsoa and Toliara Provnces.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A69943EDA30F1D012EEBF9F141635CC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
E7CFD903A286047883A96C154BCB8780.text	E7CFD903A286047883A96C154BCB8780.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meria Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Genus Meria Illiger Fig. 5</p> <p>Meria Illiger 1807:194.</p> <p>Type species:</p> <p>Tiphia tripunctata Rossi 1790. Monobasic.</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>This is a widespread genus found throughout the Palearctic and Afrotropical Regions. Meria species are sexually dimorphic, as are members of the genera Mesa and Myzinella. Males are elongate and slender with straight, cylindrical antennae. Females are heavy-bodied, with coiled antennae. Males also have the distinctive hook-like apical metasomal sternum (uncus) found in other myzinines. Meria males can be distinguished from Mesa and Myzinella by the short, broad metasomal sternum I and petiolate forewing submarginal cell. Hosts are unknown.</p> <p>Key to species of Meria (males)</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scape with densely pitted band on upper surface extending to apex; volsella with strong processes on inner surface</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Meria luteipes Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scape without densely pitted band on upper surface extending to apex; volsella without processes on inner surface</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anterior margin of scutum thickened, elevated; metasoma strongly constricted between segments</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Meria gradilis Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Anterior margin of scutum not thickened or elevated; metasoma not strongly constricted between segments</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Meria vonizongo Krombein</td> </tr></table> <p>Checklist of Meria species</p> <p>1. Meria gradilis Bartalucci 2005:1087. Holotype male; Madagascar: Toliara, Toliara-Sakaraha Flusstal, 9 km vor Sakaraha (VIENNA). Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> <p>2. Meria luteipes Bartalucci 2005:1086. Holotype male; Madagascar: Toliara, Toliara-Sakaraha Flusstal, 9 km vor Sakaraha (VIENNA). Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> <p>3. Meria vonizongo Krombein 1949:57. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tananarive (ITHACA). Distribution: Fianarantsoa and Toliara Provinces.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7CFD903A286047883A96C154BCB8780	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
55931C96D497CBBAA1EC0C8B507B40DA.text	55931C96D497CBBAA1EC0C8B507B40DA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mesa Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Genus Mesa Saussure Fig. 4</p> <p>Mesa Saussure 1890: 244.</p> <p>Type species:</p> <p>Mesa heterogamia Saussure 1890, designated by Krombein 1937.</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>The genus Mesa is found from the Afrotropical Region, including Madagascar, north and east into Iran and Myanmar. Mesa males are characterized by having metasomal segment I more than three times as long as broad and the terga without a transverse subbasal carina or ridge. Hosts are unknown for the genus.</p> <p>Although Bartalucci (2005) removed Mesa hova (Turner) from synonymy under Mesa nodosa (Guérin de Meneville 1837) he did not clearly describe the male and it is unclear, which male is associated with the female type of Mesa hova.</p> <p>Key to species of Mesa (males)</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal sternum I basally with narrow punctate groove, margined with longitudinal carinae; clypeal apex and some metasomal terga with whitish markings</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa saussurei (Turner)</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal tergum I basally evenly convex, without longitudinal carinae or groove; clypeus and metasoma entirely black</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tegula and tibiae with some whitish markings; body 13 mm long or shorter; propodeal posterior face densely punctuate, not rugose</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa nodosa (Guérin de Meneville)</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tegula and tibiae without whitish markings; body longer than 15 mm; propodeal posterior face rugosopunctate</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Paramere broadest apically, apically truncate; cuspis inner surface with scale-like setae</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa krombeini Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Paramere broadest submedially or subapically, tapering apically; cuspis inner surface without scale-like setae</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">4</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pygidium delimited by lateral carina extending two-thirds distance from apex to exposed base; metepimeron rugulose; paramere apically hooked</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa tandrona Krombein</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pygidium delimited by lateral carina extending less than half distance from apex to exposed base; metepimeron smooth; paramere not apically hooked</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pygidium apical emargination shallow, broad, twice as wide as deep; foretibia reddish, with whitish marks basally and apically</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa marovatana Krombein</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pygidium apical emargination deep, narrow, nearly as deep as wide; foretibia red, without whitish markings</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mesa madecassa Krombein</td> </tr></table> <p>Checklist of Mesa species</p> <p>1. Mesa hova (Turner) 1908:504. (Plesia). Holotype female; Madagascar: Tamatave (LONDON). Synonymized by Krombein 1949. Removed from synonymy under Mesa nodosa by Bartalucci 2005. Distribution: Antsiranana, Finanarantsoa, Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>2. Mesa krombeini Bartalucci 2005:1086. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tananarive (ITHACA). Based on paratype males of Mesa seyrigi Krombein 1949. Distribution: Antanarivo and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>3. Mesa madecassa Krombein 1949:66. Holotype male; Madagascar: Bekily (ITHACA). Distribution: Fianarantsoa Prov.</p> <p>4. Mesa marovatana Krombein 1949:68. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tananarive (ITHACA). Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>5. Mesa nodosa (Guérin Méneville) 1837:584. (Myzine). Lectotype male (designated by Bartalucci 2005); Madagascar, Goudot (PARIS). Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa Provinces.</p> <p>6. Mesa saussurei (Turner) 1910:394. (Plesia). Holotype female; Madagascar: Tananarive (BERLIN). Distribution: Diego Suarez, Mahajanga, Toamasina and Toliara Provinces.</p> <p>7. Mesa tandrona Krombein 1949:69. Holotype male; Madagascar: Vallée de Rivière Sambirano (ITHACA). Distribution: Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa and Toliara Provinces.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/55931C96D497CBBAA1EC0C8B507B40DA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
6EE92AF1A11E8639FAD1731CE7121628.text	6EE92AF1A11E8639FAD1731CE7121628.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Myzinella Guiglia 1959	<div><p>Genus Myzinella Guiglia Fig. 6</p> <p>Myzinella Guiglia 1959:2.</p> <p>Type species:</p> <p>Myzinella patrizii Guiglia 1959. Original designation.</p> <p>Discussion.</p> <p>Bartalucci (2005) published the first record of Myzinella from Madagascar, although the genus is known from mainland Africa, India and Iran. A second, new species, Myzinellaminima, was present in the materials examined for this review from the California Academy of Sciences Madagascar project and is described below.</p> <p>The most distinctive features of male Myzinella are the abruptly up curved uncus, short, nodose metasomal tergum I, metasomal terga III-VII with an abruptly elevated transverse ridge or flange separating the smooth anterior surface that slides beneath the preceding tergum from the tergal disk and the subapical metasomal sternum is broadly truncate apically.</p> <p>Hosts:</p> <p>unknown for the genus.</p> <p>Key to species of Myzinella (males)</p> <table><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal segment I red; tegula with posterior depression; flagellum not apically dilated, apical flagellomere more than twice as long as broad</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Myzinella festiva Bartalucci</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metasomal segment I black; tegula evenly rounded; Myzinella flagellum apically dilated, apical flagellomere less than twice as long as broad</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Myzinella minima sp. n.</td> </tr></table> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6EE92AF1A11E8639FAD1731CE7121628	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
DA327B218F6B2AA4EE190171A744EB54.text	DA327B218F6B2AA4EE190171A744EB54.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Myzinella minima Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Myzinella minima sp. n. Figs 6 8</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Toliara Prov., Réserve Spéciale de Cap Sainte Marie, 14.9 km 261° W Marovato, 160m, 13-19/ii/2002 25°35'40'S 45°8'49'E, Fisher, Griswold et al., pitfall trap in spiny forest thicket, BLF5650 (CAS).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(8 males): 5 males, same data as holotype; 2 males: 12.3 km 262° w Marovato, 200m, 11-15/ii/2002, 25°34'54'S 45°10'6'E, Fisher, Griswold et al., Malaise trap in spiny forest thicket, BLF5504; 1 male: Tuléar [Toliara] Prov., Ifaly 22 km north Tuléar, 23°11'S 43°37'E, 18/iv/1998, 30 m, swept from beach dunes, M. E. Irwin &amp; E. I. Schlinger, Schlinger Foundation Expedition (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Myzinella minima can be readily distinguished from Myzinella festiva by the black metasomal segment I, evenly convex and ovoid tegula and apically thickened antenna. Myzinella minima is also smaller than Myzinella festiva, which ranges from 10-12 mm long.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male (Fig. 6).</p> <p>Body length. 5-8 mm.</p> <p>Face (Fig. 7). Oral cavity unmodified; genal bridge opaque, barely covering the tongue base; vertex impunctate between hindocellus and eye, except for single row of punctures along eye margin; flagellomere I twice as long as broad; flagellomeres II and III 1.7 × as long as broad; flagellomere XI 1.4 × as long as broad, apical flagellar segments twice the breadth of basal segments.</p> <p>Thorax. Pronotum more than twice as broad as long; metasomal dorsum and mesopleuron with punctures separated by 0.5-2.0 puncture diameters; tegula ovoid, evenly convex; forewing apical cells separated from wing apex by more than length of discoidal cell.</p> <p>Metasoma. Tergum I highly polished, punctures 2-4 or more puncture diameters apart; terga I-VII polished with punctures 2-4 puncture diameters apart; tergum VII apically acute on either side of apicomedial notch; sternum I with punctures 1-2 puncture diameters apart; sterna II-V with transverse medial and apical bands of punctures; sternum VI impunctate, except for medial patch of punctures.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 8). Paramere 1.5 × as long as broad, broadly curved dorsally with blunt apex; aedeagus simple, linear two-thirds as long as paramere; volsellar simple, apex rounded.</p> <p>Color. Black, with pale yellow markings, mandibles pale yellow, pronotum with yellow transverse band, tegula pale yellow, femoral apices, tibiae partly and tarsi completely yellow, metasomal terga II-VI with medial and lateral yellow spots, tergum I with short transverse yellow band along posterior margin; wing veins whitish basally, black apically and medially, wing membrane whitish. Vestiture. Long white, largely decumbent.</p> <p>Checklist of Myzinella Species</p> <p>1. Myzinella festiva Bartalucci 2005:1088. Holotype male; Madagascar: Tuléar, Tuléar Morombe Pk. (VIENNA). Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> <p>2. Myzinella minima sp. n. Distribution: Toliara Prov.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA327B218F6B2AA4EE190171A744EB54	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
532A396CA9C916A47B98537DEABAAD8E.text	532A396CA9C916A47B98537DEABAAD8E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha arcuata Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha arcuata sp. n. Figs 9 22, 25</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Fianarantsoa Prov., Parc Natl. Ranomafana, radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m, 14-21/i/2002, 21°5'05S, 47°24'43E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-12 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(8 males): 1 male: 23/v-3/vi/2002, MA-02-09C-30; 1 male: Belle Vue at Talatakely, 1020 m 23-28/iv/2002, 21°15'99S, 47°25'21E. R. Harin’Hala, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-26; 2 males: JIRAMA water works, 10-14/i/2002, 21°14'91S, 47°27'13E, R. Harin’Hala, MT nr river, 690 m, MA-02-09D-11; 1 male: Antsiranana Prov., Parc Natl. Montagne d’Ambre, 1125m, 14-30/v/2001, 12°31'13S, 49°10'45E, R. Harin’Hala, MT, MA-01-01D-11; 1 male: Toamasina Prov., Montagne d’Anjanaharibe, 18.0 km 21° nnw Ambinanitelo, 470m, 8-12/iii/2003, 15°11'18S, 049°36'54E, Fisher, Griswold et al. MT, in rainforest, BLF8011 (DAVIS).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>The most distinctive features of Methocha arcuata are the flattened clypeus, well-developed antennal lobes and propodeal sculpturing consisting of fine transverse to dorsally arcuate ridges. This species most closely resembles Methocha arnoldi but can be distinguished by the longer flagellomeres and the finely ridged propodeum.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 7-11 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus flattened medially (Fig. 9), apex truncate; antennal lobes rounded; frons without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets; frons and vertex punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters; flagellomere I twice as long as broad; flagellomeres II and III 2.6-2.7 × as long as broad; flagellomere XI 4 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk gently convex medially, shoulders evenly rounded; scutal punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter, except for less densely punctate medial area; scutellum nearly impunctate; mesopleuron highly polished with tiny sparse punctures, more than 4 puncture diameters apart; propodeum with dense, fine ridges, dorsally and ventrally arcuate (Fig. 25).</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga highly polished, punctures tiny and separated by 4 or more puncture diameters; sterna impunctate except for basal band of punctures 1 puncture diameter apart.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 22). Paramere slender, with small medial angle, marked by transparent lobe, breadth at medial angle 2.0-2.3 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle is 6 ×.</p> <p>Color. Black, with pale yellow mandibles and fore and midcoxae, fore and mid legs may be yellowish brown; palpi whitish; wing membrane faintly brown-tinted apically.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/532A396CA9C916A47B98537DEABAAD8E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
505CFC9F5B0D1EE6B220D16A64AC8C87.text	505CFC9F5B0D1EE6B220D16A64AC8C87.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha flavipalpus Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha flavipalpus sp. n. Figs 11 26</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Mahajanga Prov. Parc Natl. Tsingy de Bemaraha, 10.6 km ese 123° Antsalova, 150m, 16-20/xi/2001, 19°42'34S, 44°43'5E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT, tropical dry forest on Tsingy, BLF4462 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Paratypes:</p> <p>(10 males) 6 males: same data as holotype; 1 male: 2.5 km 62° ene Bekopaka, Ankidrodroa River, 100m, 11-15/xi/2001, 19°07.56S, 44°48.53E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT-tropical dry forest on Tsingy, BLF4345; 1 male: Mahavavy River, 6.2 km 145° se Mitsinjo, 20m, 1-5/xii/2002, 16°03'06S, 045°54'30E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT in gallery forest, BLF6930; 1 male: 3.4 km 93° e Bekopaka, Tombeau Vazimba, 50m, 6-10/xi/2001, 19°8'31S, 44°49'41E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT, in tropical dry forest, BLF4233; 1 male: Forêt Ambohimanga, 26.1 km 314° Mampikony, 250 m, 13/xii/2004, 15°57.46S, 047°6.17E, B. L. Fisher, MT tropical dry forest, BLF11670; 1 male: Toliara Prov. Rés. Spéciale d’Ambohijanahary, Forêt d’Ankazotsihitafototra, 35.2 km 312° nw Ambaravaranala, 1050 m, 13-17/i/2003, 18°16'00S, 045°24'24E, Fisher, Griswold et al., MT-montane rainforest, BLF7023 (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Methocha flavipalpus resembles Methocha nasiformis and Methocha strigosa based on the strong medial clypeal projection. It can be distinguished from those species by the coloration of the parategula, which has a transparent margin and the yellowish mandibles, palpi and legs; all black to dark or reddish brown in Methocha nasiformis and Methocha strigosa.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 9-11 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus with acute to digitate medial projection (Fig. 11), apical margin emarginate; antennal lobes strongly convex; frons without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets; frons punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter; vertex nearly impunctate; scapal ridge two-thirds length of scape; flagellomere I 1.7 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 2.2 × as long as broad; flagellomeres II and III 2.4 × as long as broad; flagellomeres III-X arcuate; flagellomere XI 5 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk gently convex medially, shoulders rounded, punctures large nearly contiguous; scutal punctures contiguous sublaterally becoming sparser medially; scutellum punctures 1-3 puncture diameters apart; mesopleuron with punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters apart; propodeum with coarse, contiguous, transversely striatiform punctures.</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga polished, punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters; sterna I and VI with punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters; sterna II-V basally with punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter, separated from posterior part by smooth, transverse groove, posteriorly convex, with punctures separated by 2-4 puncture diameters.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 26). Paramere breadth at medial angle 3.0-3.3 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle is 4.6 ×.</p> <p>Color. Black; mandibles and palpi whitish to yellow; fore and midcoxae may be pale brown, fore and mid legs brown with paler joints and tarsi; parategula bicolored, brown and whitish with transparent margin; wing membrane untinted, except posterior margin slightly brown-tinted in some specimens.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/505CFC9F5B0D1EE6B220D16A64AC8C87	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
8DC4798A26D80708C1BBB102B54F450D.text	8DC4798A26D80708C1BBB102B54F450D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha impunctata Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha impunctata sp. n. Figs 12 27</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Toamasina Prov., Andasibe NP, 1-7/xi/2001, 18°55'58S, 48°24.47E, R. Harin’Hala colr., Malaise trap, 1025 m, MA-01-08B-18 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>The highly polished, largely impunctate and unsculptured body is the most distinctive feature of Methocha impunctata. The unsculptured propodeum will immediately separate it from Methocha arcuata, which shares the largest number of characteristics with Methocha impunctata.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 8 mm.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 12). Clypeus flattened medially, apical margin at most slightly concave; antennal lobes rounded; frons without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets; frons punctures 1 puncture diameter apart; vertex punctures tiny, separated by 2-4 puncture diameters; scapal ridge two-thirds length of scape; flagellomere I 1.4 × as long as broad; flagellomeres II-III twice as long as broad; flagellomeres IV-X arcuate; flagellomere XI 4 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk gently convex medially, shoulders evenly rounded, punctures 0.5-1.0 puncture diameter apart; scutal punctures contiguous to 1 puncture diameter apart, except for less dense medial area; scutellum, mesopleuron and propodeum highly polished, nearly impunctate.</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga and sterna highly polished, nearly impunctate, subbasal sternal groove smooth impunctate.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 27). Paramere breadth at medial angle 3.0-3.3 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle 6 ×.</p> <p>Color. Black; mandibles and palpi brown; legs dark brown; parategula black; wing membrane untinted.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8DC4798A26D80708C1BBB102B54F450D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
DF366CF1D875D9D5C240B38254CD7502.text	DF366CF1D875D9D5C240B38254CD7502.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha depressa Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha depressa sp. n. Figs 10 18, 20, 21, 23</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Fianarantsoa Prov., Parc Natl. Ranomafana, Belle Vue at Talatakely, 1020 m, 12-19/ii/2002, 21°15'99S, 47°25'21E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-16 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(12 males): 9 males: same data as holotype; 1 male: 12-23/iv/2003, MA-02-09C-58; 4 males: 16/x-8/xi/2001, MA-02-09C-01; 1 male: 22-28/xi/2001 MA-02-09C-04; 1 male: 10-14/i/2002, MA-02-09C-11; 1 male: 23-28/iv/2002, MA-02-09C-26; 1 male: 28/iv-5/v/2002, MA-02-09C-27; 4 males: 23/v-3/vi/2002, MA-02-09C-30; 1 male: 13-23/vi/2002, MA-02-09C-32; 1 male: 10-21/iii/2003, MA-02-09C-56; 1 male: 21/iii-12/iv/2003, MA-02-09C-57; 1 male: 28/v-6/vi/2003, MA-02-09C-62; 2 males: JIRAMA water works, 21-24/xii/2001, 21° 14.91'S, 47° 27.13'E colr. R. Harin’Hala CAS MT nr river 690 m, MA-02-09D-08; 1 male: 2-10/i/2002, MA-02-09D-10; 3 males: radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m, 14-21/i/2002 21°15'05S, 47°24'43E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-12; 2 males: 12-19/ii/2002, MA-02-09B-16; 1 male: 12-19/iii/2002, MA-02-09B-20; 3 males: 24/v-4/vi/2002, MA-02-09B-30; 1 male: 27/ii-9/iii/2003, MA-02-09B-54; 1 male: 9-20/iii/2003, MA-02-09B-55; 1 male: 29/vi/-6/vii/2003 2,1 MA-02-09B-65; 2 males: 6-17/vii/2003, MA-02-09B-66; 1 male: Vohiparara, at broken bridge, 1110 m, 21°13'57S, 47°22'19E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap in high altitude rainforest, 25/vii-3/viii/2002, MA-02-09A-36; 3 males: 6-15/xii/2001, MA-02-09A-061 male: 15-21/xii/2001, MA-02-09A-07; 3 males: 21-28/i/2002, MA-02-09A-13; 2 males: 26-31/iii/2002 21, MA-02-09A-22; 7 males: 1 male: Antsiranana Prov., Parc Natl Montagne d’Ambre, 1125m, 14-30/v/2001 12°31'13S, 49°10'45E, R. Harin’Hala, MT MA-01-01D-11; 1 male: Forêt de Binara, 7.5 km 230° sw Daraina, 375m, 1/xii/2003, 13°15'18S, 049°37'00E, B. L. Fisher, MT tropical dry forest, BLF9557 (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>The most distinctive features of Methocha depressa are the coarsely areolate propodeum, the shape of the frontal projection above and between the antennal lobes and the sublaterally impressed pronotal disk. This species does not closely resemble any of the other Malagasy Methocha species, although the depressed pronotum resembles that of Methocha robusta, which differs in having the pronotal depression interrupted medially.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 5-7 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus with obtuse medial projection (Fig. 10), apex linear or shallowly emarginate; antennal lobes rounded; frons with strong medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets (Fig. 18); frons and vertex punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters; scapal carina less than half length of scape; flagellomere I 1.7 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 2.5 × as long as broad; flagellomere III 2.8 × as long as broad; flagellomeres IV-X arcuate; flagellomere XI 5 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk strongly depressed on either side of elevated midline posterior to anterior margin, shoulders evenly rounded (Fig. 18); scutal punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter, except for less densely punctate medial area; scutellum nearly impunctate; mesopleural punctures 1-2 puncture diameters apart; propodeum with coarse, contiguous areolae (Fig. 24).</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga highly polished, punctures tiny and separated by 4 or more puncture diameters; sternum I punctures 1 puncture diameter apart; sterna II-V anteriorly with contiguous punctures, separated from posterior part by punctulate transverse groove, posteriorly strongly convex, punctures 1-2 puncture diameters apart.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 23). Paramere breadth at medial angle 1.5 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle is 6 ×.</p> <p>Color. black; clypeus sometimes partly reddish brown; mandibles reddish; palpi yellow to pale brown; parategula black; legs dark brown to black; palpi whitish; wing membrane untinted apically.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF366CF1D875D9D5C240B38254CD7502	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
432B1427B4D3E6A376A37CEED2F08A2C.text	432B1427B4D3E6A376A37CEED2F08A2C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha nasiformis Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha nasiformis sp. n. Figs 13 16, 21, 28</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Fianarantsoa, Parc Natl. Ranomafana, radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m, 4-12/ii/2002, 21°15.05'S, 47°24.43'E, R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-15 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(5 males): 1 male: same data as holotype; 1 male: 29/vi/- 6/vii/2003, MA-02-09B-65; 1 male: 4-12/ii/2002, 21°15'05S, 47°24'43E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-15; 1 male: Belle Vue at Talatakely, 1020 m, 28/iv/-5/v/2002, 21°15.99S, 47°25'21E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-27; 1 male: Antsiranana Prov., Parc Natl. de Marojejy, Manantenina River, 28 km 38° ne Andapa, 8.2 km 333° nnw Manantenina, 450m, 12-25/xi/2003, 14°26'12S, 049°46'30E, B. L. Fisher et al, MT in rainforest, BLF8723; 1 male: Parc Natl Montagne d’Ambre, 1125m, 14-30/v/2001 12°31'13S, 49°10'45E, R. Harin’Hala, MT, MA-01-01D-11 (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Methocha nasiformis is one of three species with an acute or even digitate medial clypeal projection. It can be distinguished from Methocha flavipalpus by the black, concolorous parategula, dark legs and nearly straight apical clypeal margin (features shared with Methocha strigosa). It can be distinguished from Methocha strigosa by the coarsely punctate, not finely ridged propodeum.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 7-13 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus projecting into acute sometimes digitate medial projection (Fig. 13), apex subtruncate (Fig. 16); antennal lobes rounded; frons without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets (Fig. 21); frons and vertex punctures separated by 1-2 puncture diameters; scapal ridge more than half length of scape; flagellomere I 1.8 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 2.2 × as long as broad; flagellomeres II and III 2.5-2.6 × as long as broad; flagellomere XI 5 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk gently convex medially, shoulders evenly rounded; scutal punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter, except for less dense medial area; scutellum with punctuates 1 puncture diameter apart; mesopleuron highly polished with punctures 2-4 puncture diameters apart; propodeum covered with dense, contiguous punctures, becoming striatiform dorsally, dorsally with transverse ridges becoming U-shaped basally.</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga polished, punctures separated by 2-4 or more puncture diameters; sternum I punctures 1-4 puncture diameters apart; sterna II-VI basal part with punctures 0.5-1.0 puncture diameters apart, separated from posterior convex part by small transverse groove, posterior part with punctures 2-4 puncture diameters apart.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 28). Paramere breadth at medial angle 4.5 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle 5 ×.</p> <p>Color. Black, with dark red mandibles, scapal carina yellow legs black to dark brown, trochanters sometimes paler; palpi reddish; wing membrane brown-tinted.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/432B1427B4D3E6A376A37CEED2F08A2C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
7CD83BB688A421BF54900400FE100532.text	7CD83BB688A421BF54900400FE100532.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha robusta Kimsey 2011	<div><p>Methocha robusta sp. n. Figs 1 14 17, 19, 29</p> <p>Holotype male:</p> <p>Fianarantsoa Prov., Parc Natl. Ranomafana, radio tower at forest edge, 1130 m 14-21/i/2002, 21°15'05S, 47°24'43E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-12 (SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Paratypes</p> <p>(4 males): 1 male: 15-27/iv/2003, MA-02-09B-58; 1 male: Belle Vue at Talatakely, 1020 m, 10-14/i/2002, 21°15'99S, 47°25'21E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-11; 1 male: 23/v-3/vi/2002, 21°15'99S, 47°25'21E, R. Harin’Hala, malaise, secondary tropical forest, MA-02-09C-30; 1 male: Toamasina Prov., botanic garden nr entrance to Andasibe Natl. Park, 1-7/xi/2001, 18°55'58S, 48°24'47E, R. Harin’Hala, MT-tropical forest,1025 m, MA-01-08B-18 (DAVIS, SAN FRANCISCO).</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Methocha robusta is one of two species with a medial depressed pronotal disk. It can be distinguished from the other species, Methocha depressa, by the frons concave between the antennal lobes and the strongly convex clypeus. In addition, the pronotal depression lacks the longitudinal medial elevation seen in Methocha depressa.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Body length. 10-13 mm.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus elevated medially into two broad submedial tubercles (Fig. 17) strongly convex in profile (Fig. 14), apex emarginate, with densely shagreened patch on either side of emargination (Fig. 17); antennal lobes elevated with obtuse depression between; frons without medial projection or lobe above antennal sockets; frons and vertex punctures separated by 1 puncture diameters, becoming nearly impunctate behind ocelli; scapal ridge half scapal length; flagellomere I 2.5 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 3 × as long as broad; flagellomeres III-X arcuate; flagellomere XI 7-8 × as long as broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotal disk transversely depressed medially, anterior margin elevated in lateral view, shoulders angulate (Fig. 19); scutal and mesopleural punctures separated by 1 puncture diameter; scutellar punctation sparser, 2-3 puncture diameters apart; propodeum completely coarsely areolate.</p> <p>Metasoma. Terga polished, punctures small separated by 2-4 puncture diameters; sterna I and VI with punctures large, 0.5-1.0 puncture diameters apart; sterna II-V basal area with punctures 0.5-1.0 puncture diameters apart, separated from convex posterior part by punctulate groove, posterior part with punctures tiny and 2-4 puncture diameters apart.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 29). Paramere breadth at medial angle 2.5 × breadth at halfway point between apex and medial angle, paramere length versus breadth at submedial angle 4.7 ×.</p> <p>Coloration. Black, mandibles, scapal carina and palpi red; parategula black, legs black to dark brown fore; wing membrane untinted.</p> <p>Vestiture. Sparse erect, silvery.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7CD83BB688A421BF54900400FE100532	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Kimsey, Lynn S.	Kimsey, Lynn S. (2011): Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45-68, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1142
