Astata Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae) from Africa, south of the Sahara
Author
Jacobs, Hans-Joachim
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6385-0024
Dorfstrasse 41, 17495 Ranzin, Germany
jacobs.hym@gmx.de
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Contributions to Entomology
2023
2023-12-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e107780
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e107780
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Astata obscura Arnold, 1932
Type
.
♀
♂
syntypes
,
Zimbabwe
,
Sanyati Valley
(SAM)
.
Material.
No material examined.
Description male
(after
Arnold 1932
).
Habitus
.
Body length 8 mm.
Head
.
Black. Clypeus and face finely punctate. Frons moderately shiny, smooth around the front ocellus. Gena and occiput with dense white pubescence.
Antenna
.
Black; slender, antennomere III about 4
x
as long as apically wide.
Thorax
.
Black. Tegula dark reddish-brown. Mesoscutum closely and finely punctate; posterior in the middle smooth with scattered punctures.
Wings
.
Forewing hyaline with pale yellow tinge, veins and pterostigma pale brown.
Legs
.
Coxae, trochanters and femora black, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous.
Propodeum
.
Black. Dorsal surface glabrous, reticulate. Lateral and posterior surfaces reticulate-rugose, with white setae.
Metasoma
.
Tergum I and sterna I-II black, following segments ferruginous. Tergite I with rugose sculpture and shallow punctures.
Figures 1-18.
1-5.
A. lubricata
male:
1.
Habitus dorsal;
2.
Habitus lateral;
3.
Head frontal;
4.
Clypeus;
5.
Antenna.
6-9.
A. flavipennis
male:
6.
Habitus dorsal;
7.
Habitus lateral;
8.
Mesoscutum;
9.
Antenna.
10.
A. gracilicornis
female: Pygidial plate (after
Arnold 1924
).
11-15.
A. melanaria
male:
11.
Habitus dorsal;
12.
Habitus lateral;
13.
Head frontal;
14.
Clypeus;
15.
Antenna.
16-18.
A. enslini
male (after
Pulawski 1959
):
16.
Clypeus;
17.
Hindfemur;
18.
Antenna.
Description female
(after
Arnold 1932
).
Habitus
.
Body length 8 mm.
Head
.
Black with white setae. Mandible ferruginous, except black apex. Middle clypeal lobe dark reddish-brown; short, rectangular, with straight front margin. Frons shiny with coarse punctures and smooth area before the front ocellus. Vertex shiny, with coarse and scattered punctures. Gena smooth and shiny.
Antenna
.
Black. Short and stout, antennomere III about 2.3
x
as long as apically wide and as long as antennomere IV.
Thorax
.
Black with white setae. Pronotal collar shiny, finely punctate mesally. Tegula dark reddish-brown. Mesoscutum shiny, closely punctate in the anterior third, scattered in the posterior surface. Mesopleuron shiny, with scattered and shallow punctures.
Wings
.
Forewing hyaline with pale yellow tinge, veins and pterostigma pale brown.
Legs
.
Black; tips of femora, tibiae and tarsi red. Spines black. Forebasitarsus with four rake spines. Femora with white erect setae.
Propodeum
.
Black. Dorsal surface glabrous, reticulate. Lateral and posterior surfaces coarsely rugose-reticulate, white erect whitish pubescence.
Metasoma
.
Black, terga I-II dark ferruginous towards apex, the remaining segments pale brownish ferruginous. Tergum I with white erect pubescence. Pygidial area like an equilateral triangle. Sternum II with white setae, posterior margins of following sterna with short white bristles.