Synonyms
None
Diagnosis
This species is known only from the female. Females can be separated from other Malagasy species by the following characteristics: wing veins with few dark scales; lateral margin of pronotum with dark scales; ninth tergite ventrally not elongated and bluntly pointed.
Type Depository
CAS, San Francisco.
Type Locality
MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga Province, Ankarafantsika Forest Reserve, near Marovoay, 1 December 1959, E.S. Ross, 1 female.
Geographical Distribution
In addition to the site near Marovoay, this species has been collected on Nosy-Be Island.
Temporal Distribution
November and December.
Elevation
Apparently at rather low elevation.
Remarks
There are good illustrations of the female genitalia in Aspöck and Aspöck, 1996.
References
Aspöck, U. and H. Aspöck. 1996. Revision des Genus Podallea Navás, 1936. Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 86:99-144.