Dorsal view of intact insect
Head black
Antenna with 20 antennomeres: - scape and pedicel black; 7 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 11 black; pecten directed antero-ventrally on each flagellum, becoming longer in apical flagellomeres; most apical antennomere is clubbed
Pronotum and mesoscutellum pale yellow, shining between sparse punctures
Mesoscutum black
Metascutellum black
Abdomen black with 2 yellow bands
Abdomen colour shown after removal of wings
Abdomen black with 2 yellow bands
Anterior band largely confined to T3 dorsally, just crosses into T2 anteriorly and T4 posteriorly
Posterior band is the exposed intersegmental membrane between terga 6 and 7 (this region pushed inwards here)
Lateral view, body length 10mm
anterior band fills tergum 3 laterally and crosses into tergum 4
posterior yellow band extends ventrally into tergum 7, expanding to its posterior edge
saw extended
Extended saw
Saw after dissection from insect
view of lancet (first valvula) showing teeth 1-11
area in square around tooth #10 shown in next image
photomicrograph of tooth #10
~26 denticulations (serrulae) on this tooth. Benson (1938) reports 28-40 serrulae present in P. cinctus.
Head and antennal morphology
Head black: short, fine pale pubescence; shining, without punctures
Antenna with 20 antennomeres: - scape and pedicel black; 7 basal flagellomeres yellow; apical 11 black
Thorax morphology and colour
short, fine, pale pubescence over thorax
mesoscutum black, pronotum yellow with black anterior border and black behind accessory furrow (black arrow)
accessory furrow subparallel with side margin of pronotum
side portion of pronotum cut off by accessory furrow (white double arrow heads) broader than length of malar space (white double arrow heads on head)
mesepisternum black with large central yellow area
Ventral view - showing colour of legs and body
femur solid black in all legs
fore and mid tibiae and tarsomeres - white basally, black apically
hind tibia and tarsi pale
pygidium (T10) yellow
saw sheath black, saw dark brown
venter black, except for pale yellow sternites 3 and 4
Detailed view of terminal segments
Fore wing removed from body
wing hyaline with dark brown band extending along anterior border to wing apex, covering 1st cubital and radial cells completely and half of 2nd and 3rd cubital cells and 1st discoidal cell
costa and stigma yellowish-brown
venation black in basal and anterior regions, dark brown in apical region