iNaturalist observation - @jemeny
- female above dark yellow-orange
- antenna pale (can be partially dark but never solid black)
- head and thorax above with a dark line on each side (head line not evident in this specimen)
- head large, quadrate, nearly equalling thorax in breadth
- stigma large
iNaturalist observation - @jemeny
- body yellow below
- mid and hind legs (only hind legs here) with apex of tibia, apex of first joint and nearly the whole of the subsequent joints of tarsi black
- stigma large, almost linear and narrow
- dorsum of abdomen uniformly yellow-orange, lacking dark marks
- white blotches on lateral edges of all terga
Dorsal habitus view of pinned insect
- head large, quadrate, nearly equalling thorax in breadth
- forewings pale yellow hyaline
- stigma large, almost linear and narrow
- furrows separating anterior and lateral lobes of mesoscutum barely evident
- scutellum anteriorly rounded; hind lobes obliquely truncated, short
upper part of head without any shining interspaces among punctures, densely pilose
- upper part of head without any shining interspaces among punctures, densely pilose
- clypeus very wrinkled
- antenna clavate; club longer than preceding 3 segments; first joint subglobular; second shortest; third, fourth and fifth cylindric, and of equal length; sixth large, elongate, ovate, and longer than the 3 preceding joints taken together
- longer than front margin of clypeus (1.9mm vs 1.6mm), longer than distance between insertions (1.9mm vs 1.3mm), not longer than head (1.9mm vs. 2.4mm)
- mid and hind legs (only hind legs here) with apex of tibia, apex of first joint and nearly the whole of the subsequent joints of tarsi black
- pronotum indented on posterior border
- mesopleurae at least in middle densely, regularly punctured
dorsal view of genitalia dissected from abdomen showing lance (below) and lancet (above)
genitalia dissected from abdomen, showing lance and pair of lancets
pair of lancets
apical half of lancet
basal half of lancets
lance - lateral view
lance - dorsal view
apical region of a lancet with teeth
tip of lancet
mid part of lancet
single tooth (serrula) in mid region of lancet
- compare to following image from Morice (1919)
iNaturalist observation - @jimbobo
- body above and below orange
- antenna reddish-brown, club black (not solid black)
- head and thorax above with a dark line on each side
- dorsum of abdomen uniformly yellow-orange, lacking dark marks
- white blotches on lateral edges of all terga
- all legs orange, hind legs with apex of tibia and all tarsomeres black
- stigma large, almost linear and narrow
iNaturalist observation - @jimbobo
- body above orange
- antenna reddish-brown, tip of club black (not solid black)
- head and thorax above with a dark line on each side
- white blotches on lateral edges of all terga
- all legs orange, hind legs with apex of tibia and all tarsomeres black
photomicrograph of saw of Pseudoperga lewisii - Morice (1919) Pl. 14, Fig. 13
dorsal view, pinned euthanised insect
- forewings pale yellow hyaline; stigma large, almost linear and narrow
- head large, quadrate, nearly equalling thorax in breadth
body length 14.8mm
- head and thorax above with a dark line on each side
- head large, quadrate, nearly equalling thorax in breadth
- furrows separating anterior and lateral lobes of mesoscutum shallow
- upper part of head without any shining interspaces among punctures
- scutellum anteriorly rounded; hind lobes obliquely truncated, short
- dorsum of abdomen dark brown
body length 15.2 mm
- pronotum indented on posterior border
- mesopleurae at least in middle densely, regularly punctured
- mid and hind legs (only hind legs shown here) with apex of tibia, apex of all joints of tarsi black
habitus, ventral view, body length 14.3mm
- body yellow-orange below
- hind legs with apex of tibia, apex of first joint and nearly the whole of the subsequent joints of tarsi black
- all other legs, orange in all segments
- labial, maxillary palps yellow
- base of mandibles orange
- upper part of head without any shining interspaces among punctures
- antenna clavate; first joint subglobular; second shortest; third, fourth and fifth cylindric, and of equal length; sixth (club) large, elongate, ovate, and longer than the 3 preceding joints taken together
- longer than front margin of clypeus, longer than distance between insertions, not longer than head
- furrows separating anterior and lateral lobes of mesoscutum clearly present but shallow
- scutellum anteriorly rounded; hind lobes obliquely truncated, short
frontal view
- upper part of head without any shining interspaces among punctures
- clypeus, labrum, base of mandibles orange
- clypeus wrinkled, broadly emarginate
- anterior border of labrum pilose
lateral view head
- vertex densely punctured and pilose
- genae unpunctured and glabrous
- lateral edge of clypeus, labrum and base of mandibles pilose
lateral view thorax
- pronotum indented on posterior border
- mesopleurae densely, regularly punctured throughout
- pronotum, tegula, mesopleurae orange
- pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum densely pilose on dorsal surface
lateral view of posterior half of abdomen
- abdomen uniformly brown dorsally, laterally and ventrally
- sawsheath with hairs spaced widely apart, tips hooked
ventral view of posterior abdomen
- scattered hairs of saw sheath, longer towards end of abdomen
- saw not visible (apart from tip)
