A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen
Author
Lelej, Arkady S.
Author
Harten, Antonius Van
text
Zootaxa
2006
1226
1
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.172671
b0d82648-af13-4bba-8318-49fa28bd2515
11755326
172671
Paglianotilla hogenesi
Lelej
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 12–16
)
Diagnosis
The male of the new species can be easily separated from that of the undescribed species from
South Africa
in having a central silvery setal spot on T2 and in lacking large propleural tooth ventrally.
Description
MALE. Body length
4.8–8.8 mm
. Relative width of head and thorax including tegulae 5.3: 6.0. POD: OOD 0.75–1.0X. Frons with strong antennal scrobes. Prementum not tuberculate. Hypostomal bridge without projection. Relation of pedicel and first three flagellomeres in lateral view 0.6: 0.7: 1.7: 1.8, in dorsal view 0.6: 1.2: 1.6: 1.7. Pronotum anteriorly straight. Tegula strongly sculptured. Propodeum reticulate, dorsally with large median triangular cell. Pronotum dorsally, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate. Carina on S1 with sharp tooth posteriorly. T2 and S2 densely punctate, punctures larger on S2. T7 densely punctate throughout. Hypopygium weakly biemarginated. Genitalia and penial valves as in
Figs 15, 16
.
Head, mesosoma, and metasoma black. Mandible black, reddish preapically. Antenna black, brown beneath. Tegulae brownishred. Legs brown to reddishbrown. Forewing weakly infuscated. Frons, antennal scrobes, clypeus, and genae with dense silvery setae, pronotum with sparser silvery setae. Mesopleura with dense silvery setae. Mesoscutum with black setae. Tegulae with whitish setae. Scutellum with sparse erect whitish setae. Tegulae posteriorly, axillae, metanotum and allied narrow part of propodeum with dense short recumbent silvery setae. T1–T2 posteriorly and whole of T3 with bands of silvery setae narrowed on T3. T2 with central large spot of silvery setae (
Fig. 12
). Lateral felt line of T2 yellowish. Metasoma beneath with sparse whitish setae, S2–S6 with apical fringes of whitish setae.
FEMALE. Unknown.
Type
material
Holotype
ɗ,
Yemen
,
12 km
NW Manakhah,
15.IX–22.X.2003
, MT, AvH [
RMNH
].
Paratypes
. 1 ɗ with the same label as
holotype
[
RMNH
];
Yemen
,
12 km
NW Manakhah,
3.VII–21.VIII.2001
, MT, AvH, 10 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
15.V–23.VI.2003
, MT, AvH, 11 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
24.VI–4.VIII.2003
, MT, AvH, 3 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
4.VIII–15.IX.2003
, MT, AvH, 2 ɗ [
RMNH
]; Lahj,
1.IV–17.V.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [
ZMAN
];
17.V.–15.VI.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [
RMNH
];
15–30.VI.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 5 ɗ [
RMNH
];
VII.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 4 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
VIII.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
IX.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [
RMNH
];
XI.2000
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [
RMNH
];
16.X–17.XII.2000
, MT, AvH & A.M. Hager, 1 ɗ [
ZMAN
];
II.2001
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [
RMNH
];
III.2001
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
]; I–
9.IV.2001
, MT, AvH & A.M. Hager, 2 ɗ [
ZMAN
];
IV.2001
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
V.2001
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [
RMNH
,
IBSS
];
17.XII.2001
–
31.I.2002
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 4 ɗ [
RMNH
];
III–V.2002
, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 7 ɗ [
RMNH
]; Al Kowd,
15–28.II.1993
, AvH, MT, 1 ɗ [
ZMAN
].
Distribution
Yemen
.
Etymology
This species is dedicated to Willem Hogenes, curator of the
Hymenoptera
collection in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
.