Scrapter longicornis, Mack & Kuhlmann, 2023
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.912.2373 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1958762-5D89-4DC9-A8CE-AABB06B7979C |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10420058 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5CB151CF-94AD-489C-AFBA-1F19EB582474 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5CB151CF-94AD-489C-AFBA-1F19EB582474 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Scrapter longicornis |
status |
sp. nov. |
Scrapter longicornis sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
The male of S. longicornis sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of this group by the following character combination: flagella of antennae are twice as long as the compound eye ( Fig. 31A View Fig ); gonocoxites are medially angular-shaped ( Fig. 32B View Fig ); scutum is completely densely (i <1 d) punctate ( Fig. 31B View Fig ); discs of T1–T3 unevenly punctate, basally denser (i <1 d) than apically (i> 1 d) ( Fig. 31D View Fig ). The female is unknown.
Etymology
Named after the unique long antenna of the male.
Type material (1 specimen)
Holotype
SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Montagu ; 33°47′ S, 20°07′ E; 220 m a.s.l.; 23–30 Sep. 1924; RT leg.; NHML. GoogleMaps
Description
Male
BODY LENGTH. 7.4 mm.
HEAD. Wider than long. Integument black, mandibles dark brownish to reddish. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hair. Ocelli at level of posterior margin of complex eyes. Malar area medially narrow, slightly curved. Antennal flagella ventrally yellow, dorsally black, twice as long as compound eye.
MESOSOMA. Integument brownish-black. Scutum densely (i <1 d) punctate; surface between punctation smooth and shiny ( Fig. 31B View Fig ). Propodeum laterally coarsely carinate, in middle rugulose-areolate ( Fig. 31C View Fig ). Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, brownish to greyish, erect hair.
WINGS. Yellowish-brown, stigma and wing venation brownish ( Fig. 31A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument brownish, fore and mid tibia with yellow spot. Vestiture greyish-white ( Fig. 31A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument brownish. Disc of T1 without hair ( Fig. 32A View Fig ), T2–T4 basally greyish, dense, short, erect hair band, covering third of tergite. Posterior margins of T3–T4 at least laterally with single hair row of short, erect, greyish hair ( Fig. 31D View Fig ). Discs of T1–T3 unevenly punctate, basally denser (i <1 d) than apically (i> 1 d); medially slightly denser than laterally; surface between punctation smooth and shiny ( Fig. 31D View Fig ).
TERMINALIA. Genitalia ( Fig. 32B View Fig ), S7 ( Fig. 32C View Fig ) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 32D View Fig ) as illustrated.
Distribution
Only known from the type locality, the town Montagu.
Floral hosts
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
September.
NHML |
Natural History Museum, Tripoli |
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