Conura maculata (Fabricius, 1787)

Binoy, C., Nasser, M. & Santhosh, S., 2022, Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 245-256 : 250

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6CB48-6041-CC73-2C71-489ADCCAF78C

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scientific name

Conura maculata
status

 

MACULATA View in CoL SPECIES GROUP

The maculata species group of Conura can be easily identified by the following set of characters: interantennal projections only slightly convex; malar sulcus visible near the eye; antennal scape exceeding vertex, in male apex enlarged; head and mesosoma with distinct, erect pilosity. The species group is one of the largest in the genus comprising over 100 species (described and undescribed ones, Delvare (1992)) distributed mostly from Chile and Argentina all the way up to USA. The group till date is said to be confined to the New World, and the present report of two male specimens extend its distribution to the Old World. Males of some species of the maculata group (species from India superficially resembling C. maculata and C. nigrifrons ) are very nearly identical in morphology and it is virtually impossible to differentiate them. Thus, the species though not specifically named is described here for making easeful future recognition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Chalcididae

Genus

Conura

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