Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci

Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci Map 1 Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci 2005: 1082. Holotype Ƥ; Madagascar: Tulear Berenti, 12 km northwest Amboasary (LONDON). MAP 1. Distribution of Anthobosca castanea Kimsey, new species, and Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci. Diagnosis. Anthobosca dimidiata is a distinctive species; females can be easily recognized by the entirely red metasoma and all-black mesosoma. Male. Unknown. Female. Body length 7 mm. Head: flagellomeres I and II 1.6 x as long as broad; flagellomere X 3 x as long as broad; clypeus broadly truncate apically, truncation wider than interantennal area; head broader than long. Punctation: punctures sparse and tiny on head and mesosoma, tiny and dense on metasoma. Vestiture: body with pale brownish setae. Coloration: head, antenna, mesosoma and propodeum blackish; tibial spurs whitish; metasoma entirely red, without pale white lateral spots. Distribution. Toliara Prov.: 12 km nw Amboasary (Map 2); Only the type was seen. The type specimens were collected in May.Published as part of Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae), pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 2175 on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18931