- orange pronotum
- mesoscutum black, covered in yellow hairs, long in medial region
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small transparent chestnut hind lobes
- dorsum of abdomen shining black
- forewings pale brown hyaline
- antennae orange
- genae pale orange ventrally, black dorsally, weakly pilose and punctate
- clypeus and labrum orange
- mandibles orange with black tips
- pronotum dark yellow, heavily punctate
- mesepisternum yellowish-white dorsally, black ventrally, heavily punctate
- mesepimeron black and white
- metepimeron white
- metepisternum black and white
- mesosternum shiny black, unpunctured
- lateral folds of terga, venter shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with black iridescence
- sawsheath orange with pale yellow hairs, closely spaced, almost touching, straight without spooned tip
- coxa black basally, pale yellow apically
- all femora dark orange
- all tibiae orange
- orange pronotum
- mesoscutum black, covered in yellow hairs, long in medial region, strongly punctate
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small transparent chestnut hind lobes
- dorsum of abdomen shining blue black
- forewings pale brown hyaline
body length 21.6mm
- body length 21.1mm
- antennal flagellum, scape and pedicel orange
- inner orbits black, genae pale orange ventrally, black dorsally, strongly punctated
- clypeus, labrum and palpi orange
- mesosternum, lateral folds of terga shining black, venter pale orange and black
- sawsheath orange with white hairs
- all coxae yellow, speckled black basally
- all femora dark orange
- all tibiae and tarsi orange
- antennal flagellum, scape and pedicel orange
- inner orbits black, genae pale orange ventrally, black dorsally, weakly punctated, weakly pilose
- clypeus, labrum, palpi and mandibles orange (tips black)
- mesosternum, lateral folds of terga shining black, venter pale orange and black
- sawsheath orange with white hairs
- all coxae yellow, speckled black basally
- all femora dark orange
- all tibiae and tarsi orange
- vertex black, heavily punctate, strongly pilose with long pale yellow hairs
- pale yellow patch at lateral vertex/occiput border
- genae black, sparsely punctate, glabrous
- POL/OOL =0.9
- postocellar region longer than breadth in front, POL about half as long as distance between hind ocellus and hind margin of head
- genae orange ventrally, black dorsally, pilose with short golden hairs, weakly punctate
- vertex punctate medially, smooth laterally, pilose with upright golden hairs
- yellow patch at vertex/occiput border
- vertex, face, inner orbits greenish black, heavily punctate, pilose
- antennal tubercles yellow
- antenna just longer than closest distance between eyes
- scape, pedicel and flagellum orange
- clypeus, labrum orange
- POL/OOL=0.9
sawsheath - lateral view
- sawsheath hairs (bristles) closely spaced
rear of abdomen - lateral view
sawsheath ventral view
- sawsheath hairs (bristles) closely spaced, curved but tip not spooned
- sawbench long and thin
- serrated margin of sawsheath evident
- apices of sawsheath diverge
photo taken a few days after eclosion
- body length 26mm
- head black, lateral orange patches at border of vertex and occiput
- antennal scape, pedicel and flagellum orange
- antennae somewhat longer than distance between insertion points
- orange pronotum, moderately densely punctured
- mesoscutum black, densely punctured
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small black hind lobes
- forewings pale brown hyaline
- hind femora black dorsally
- head black, lateral orange patches at border of vertex and occiput
- orange pronotum
- mesoscutum black, densely punctured
- smooth, hairless, yellow scutellum, lacking midline furrow, with small black hind lobes
- forewings pale brown hyaline
dorsum of abdomen metallic blue-black
- genae all black
- clypeus, labrum and palpi orange
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- mesosternum shiny black
- lateral folds of terga, venter shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with black iridescence
- sawsheath orange with pale yellow hairs, closely spaced
- all coxae black
- all femora dark orange, hind femora black dorsally (see first image in gallery)
- all tibiae orange
- genae all black
- clypeus, labrum and palpi orange
- mandibles black
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate, pilose ventrally
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- all coxae black
- all femora dark orange
- all tibiae orange
- body length 24.5mm
- genae all black
- pronotum dark yellow, moderately heavily punctate
- mesepisternum black with ventral orange patch, heavily punctate, pilose ventrally
- mesepimeron, metepimeron and metepisternum black
- vertex black, heavily punctured, densely pilose with golden recumbent hairs
- orange lateral patches at border of vertex and occiput
- antennal tubercles, scape and pedicel orange
- POL/OOL = 1.0
- postocellar region longer than breadth in front, POL about half as long as distance between hind ocellus and hind margin of head
ventral view of end of abdomen (image taken a few days after eclosion)
- lateral folds of terga shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with blackish blue iridescence
- sawsheath orange with yellow hairs
lateral view of end of abdomen
- lateral folds of terga shiny black, unpunctured
- abdomen with blackish blue iridescence
- sawsheath orange with yellow hairs
lateral view of sawsheath
- sawsheath hairs (bristles) closely spaced, straight or curved, tip not spooned
ventral view of sawsheath
- sawsheath hairs densely spaced
- sawsheath hairs straight or curved, tip not spooned
- sawbench long and thin
- serrated margin of sawsheath visible
distal end of genitalia, showing
- sawsheath with corrugations
- sawbench with striae
- protruding tip of saw
distal region of sawsheath - ~6 striae present on each side of sawbench
ventral view of genitalia dissected from body, showing valvula 1 (lancet), sawsheath (valvula 3) and parts of the cuticle (valvifer 1 & 2) to which muscles which move the saw attach
dorsal view of genitalia dissected from body, showing valvula 2 (lance) and parts of the cuticle (valvifer 1 & 2, ramus 1 & 2) to which muscles which move the saw attach
lateral view of genitalia - ventral side up - showing saw (lancet + lance) and sawsheath (valvula 3)
detailed view of edge of sawsheath, showing corrugations of the sawbench and morphology of the sawsheath hairs (bristles)
detailed view of tip of saw, showing shape of teeth on lancet - compare to photo from Morice (1919)
lateral view of saw, ventral side down - compare to photo in Morice (1919)
teeth of Perga affinis lancet - Morice (1919) Pl. 14, Fig. 2
