Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875)

Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875) View in CoL

Figs 2 C – E View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3

Nomia fervida Smith, 1875 View in CoL .

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 1 ♀, 8 November 2020, W. Akram .

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ). Body length 7 mm. Head: Coarsely pitted vertex, slightly convex clypeus that is anteriorly rounded, antennae fulvous, ocelli without the bead; clypeus, gena, and area near the ocellus covered with very short, dense, pale fulvous pubescence. Mesosoma: Closely and finely punctured, posteriorly truncate, slightly compressed sides, the space at the base moderately wide, coarsely reticulate; femora and tibiae incrassate and swollen, ventral femora, tarsi, and tibiae black, tibial bristles of hind legs with long branches and short rachises, wings slightly fuscous and hyaline; a fine line over the tegulae, sides of the median segment, thorax, and postscutellum; a broad transverse band on the mesonotum anteriorly covered with very short, dense pale fulvous pubescence. Metasoma: Closely and finely punctured, broad transverse bands on the apical margins of the terga 1–6, metasomal segments covered with very short, dense pale fulvous pubescence, fairly fine superficial punctation on tergum 1.

Distribution.

Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida is distributed in Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka ( Pauly 2009; Saini and Rathor 2012; Pauly 2014; Majumder et al. 2020; Ascher and Pickering 2024).

Observed floral host.

Sorghum halepense .