A review of the New Caledonian Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
Author
Breitkreuz, Laura C. V.
Author
Ohl, Michael
Author
Engel, Michael S.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4063
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4063.1.1
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Arpactophilus webbi
Bohart, 1999
(
Figs. 105–106
)
Arpactophilus webbi
Bohart, 1999
: 109
[♀:
holotype
MNHN].
Diagnosis.
Arpactophilus webbi
is the only New Caledonian species in the genus with the combination of a long ventral tooth on the yellow mandible (about 1/3 of mandibular length) and a yellow clypeus with three teeth on the apical margin (including both sides; medial tooth smaller than lateral) (
Fig. 105
). Other distinctive characters are the projecting yellow clypeus with six teeth (including both sides) and the dense, short, goldish setae on the frons (
Fig. 105
)
Remarks.
Arpactophilus webbi
seems most similar to
A. xaracuu
as both share the elongate mandibles (not as extensive in
A. webbi
), the apical clypeal margin with three teeth and the strongly projecting labrum with 6 teeth (
Figs. 105
,
107
). However, the two species can easily be distinguished by the almost completely black (partially reddish) body of
A. xaracuu
(
Figs. 107–108
) in comparison to the extensively yellow marked clypeus, labrum, mandible, antenna, pronotal lobe and legs of
A. webbi
(
Figs. 105–106
).
Material examined.
3♀: (
1x
)
PARATYPE
Bohart 1999
“
NEW
CALEDONIA
Prov. Nord Mt. Mandjelia,
6km
WSW Ecebo Malaise in rainforest; el.
545m
, 18/
19 January 1995
ME Irwin, DW Webb
20°24’09”S
,
164°30’54”E
” [
UCDC
]; (
1x
) “
NEW
CALEDONIA
Pouebo
23.I.1964
; R. Straatman, light trap, BISHOP” [
BPBM
]; (
1x
) “Nouvelle Calédonie, Mont Koghis.
350m
,
25.IV.1995
, Réc. Chazeau & Jourdan” [
CAS
].