Leucospis williamsi (lat.) Is a species of parasitic horsemen of the genus Leucospis from the family Leucospidae ( Chalcidoidea , detachment Hymenoptera ).
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Content
Spread
Philippines [1] .
Description
Relatively large chalcidoid riders, length from 6 to 10.5 mm. The main color is brownish-black, with several yellow markings on the scape of the antenna, chest, abdomen and legs. Wings darkened. Hind legs with thick and strongly curved thighs and lower legs. Antennae 13-segmented. The mandibular palpi 4-segmented, lower labial palpi consists of 3 segments [1] .
Biology
Marked from March to September. Calligaster williamsi ( Vespidae ) ectoparasitoids [1] .
Systematics
Included in the species group Leucospis pediculata , whose cheeks are short and converging, pronotum convex. It was first described in 1974 by the British hymenterterologist of Czech origin, Zdenek Boucek (Zdenĕk Bouček, 1924-2011) and named after FX Williams , a collector of the type series [1] .
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 4 Bouček Z. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world (Eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology: Journal. - Sofia: British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 1974. - Vol. Supplement 23. - p. 1-241.
Literature
- Bouček Z. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world (Eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology: Journal. - Sofia: British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 1974. - Vol. Supplement 23. - p. 1-241.
- Darling D. & Cardinal S. (2005); The world species-groups of Leucospis (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae ) - thirty years later. - Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 69: 49-64. PDF