Alysia ( Alysia ) salebrosa Wharton

Alysia ( Alysia) salebrosa Wharton View in CoL

( Figs. 11–14 View FIGURES 11 – 13 View FIGURE 14 )

Discussion. The specimens of this species from MLBS were originally misinterpreted as representing an undescribed species because the ovipositor of A. ( A.) salebrosa was described as “nearly twice length of mesosoma” in Wharton (1986). The ovipositor length:mesosoma length (OL:ML) ratios for the two MLBS specimens are 1.33 and 1.40. Also, the 2RS length:3RSa length (2RSL:3RSaL) ratio for A. ( A.) salebrosa was reported as “1.16±0.05” in Wharton (1986), but the ratios for the two MLBS specimens are 0.90 and 1.05. The author (RRK) measured the holotype and four paratype females of A. ( A.) salebrosa and found that OL:ML ranged from 1.22–1.65 ( 1.24 in holotype), and 2RSL:3RSaL ranged from 0.97–1.13 ( 1.13 in holotype). Likely, the quantitative ratios observed here differ from those in Wharton (1986) due to measurement error as discussed in Wharton (1980, 1986). The broad range observed here for OL:ML is also likely due to measurement error. The author (RRK) was not able to find any diagnostic difference between the MLBS specimens and the types of A. ( A.) salebrosa examined; therefore, they considered specimens of A. ( A.) salebrosa .