Revision of the Palaearctic genus Gonaporus Ashmead, 1902 of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Author Zonstein, Irina Author Wahis, Raymond text Zootaxa 2015 4018 4 451 505 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.4.1 06511db8-7621-4067-b0c0-3786623ada21 1175-5326 234261 81CA1EED-5B91-4654-8BA5-9D179A7593B4 Gonaporus mirabilis I. Zonstein & Wahis , sp. nov. ( Figs 94 , 116 , 137 , 148 , 159 , 170 , 181 , 191 ) Diagnosis. The female of this species differs from all congeners by the presence of five posterior spines of the tarsal comb on the protarsomere 1 ( Fig. 137 ). The congeners have three, four or six such spines. For more characters, see Table 1. Description. Female . Body length 7.9–8.7 mm . Structure see Table 1. Coloration: Head mostly black; clypeus mostly orange to orange on apical half and black on basal; mandible mostly yellow, brown-orange on apical 0.4; scape orange to orange ventrally, brown dorsally; pedicel brown; flagellum brown dorsally, yellowish-brown to orange-brown ventrally. Mesosoma mostly black; pronotum mostly black, narrowly orange-brown laterally and posteriorly; tegula yellowish-orange to brown-orange. Legs mostly orange; coxae black basally; tarsi orange basally, brown apically or entirely brown; spurs yellowish basally, blackish apically; spines of tarsal comb orange, darkened apically; other leg spines orange-brown. Metasoma orange. Pygidium orange-brown. Setae: In female from Karachi frons and vertex with short brown setae, clypeus with moderately long relatively stout reddish setae; in other two females frons, vertex and clypeus lacking setae; occiput and propleuron with short fine whitish setae. Protarsomere 1 with 5 long spines posteriorly ( Fig. 137 ) and 2 very short spines anteroventrally. Male . Body length 7.0 mm. Structure: see Table 2. Subgenital plate and genitalia not examined. Coloration: Head mostly black; clypeus orange apically and medially and black latero-basally; mandible mostly yellowish, orange-brown on apical 0.33; antenna dark brown dorsally and orange-brown ventrally. Mesosoma mostly black; pronotum with orange areas anteriorly and laterally; metapleura orange. Legs: trochanters, coxae, femora and tibiae orange; tarsi brown. Metasoma: Segments 1–3 orange; segment 4 orange basally and black apically; other segments black; T7 with large white spot. Setae: Occiput and propleuron with few fine whitish setae. Etymology. The specific epithet mirabilis (Latin) , meaning "extraordinary", denotes the unique number of tarsal comb setae on the female protarsomere 1. Material examined. Holotype : ♀, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Suweihan Rd., 9.iv.1988 , I. L. Hamer ( BMNH ). Paratypes : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : N of Ajman, water traps, 5–16.vii.2008 , A. van Harten, 1♀ ( CRW ). PAKISTAN : Karachi, Bombey Presidency, 1910, E. Comber, 1♀ ( BMNH ). Other material. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : N of Ajman, water traps, 5–16.vii.2008 , A. van Harten, 1♂ ( CRW ). Distribution. Pakistan , United Arab Emirates ( Fig. 216 ). Habitat. Judging from the label data, most probably arid areas. Biology. Unknown.