Arpactophilus numee, Breitkreuz, Laura C. V., Ohl, Michael & Engel, Michael S., 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4063.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80401ED8-C6BA-4420-9109-854C5CC1E88D |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6088329 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E4FF4A-FFBD-FFE6-3FB9-FA30C316FC15 |
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Plazi |
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Arpactophilus numee |
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sp. nov. |
Arpactophilus numee View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 15 , 79-80 View FIGURES 77 – 82 )
Diagnosis. Arpactophilus numee is the only New Caledonian species in the genus with the combination of a distinctly elevated ridge on the midventral line ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 15 ) and a yellow metatibia without a well-delimited brown or black apical area.
Description. FEMALE: Total length 5.6 mm; forewing length 3.5 mm.
Body black, with areas of dark yellow and brown. Dark yellow: palpi; front of scape; pedicel; trochanters; femora apically and basally; tibiae; tarsi. Brown: posterior of scape; flagellum; anterior pronotal margin; tegula; coxae; most of femora. Mandible reddish-black apically. Wings hyaline; pterostigma dark brown.
Head about 1.1 × as long as wide in frontal view. Apical margin of clypeus strongly projecting medially, without teeth or lobes, medioapical margin straight ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 77 – 82 ). Apical margin of labrum strongly projecting medially, without teeth or lobes, nearly margin straight. Ventral mandibular tooth about ¼–1/5 of total mandibular length, not reaching opposite mandibular base. Palpal formula 4:3. Frons colliculate and finely reticulate with a carina parallel to inner compound eye margin ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 77 – 82 ) and dense short setae. Frontal carina present from median ocellus to midlength of clypeus, forming a small flat point at basal clypeal margin. Scape 3.7 × as long as wide.
Ocellar triangle anterior of tangent between upper posterior orbits of compound eyes, lateral ocelli anterior of tangent by approximately their diameter. Occipital carina interrupted dorsally ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 5 – 9 ). Gena imbricate with sparse punctation and long setae, without tubercles, spines, or dorsoventral carina. Hypostomal midventral line carinate, faint anteriorly, strongly angulate medially ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 15 ).
Mesosoma about 1.8 × as long as wide in dorsal view. Propodeum about 0.9 × as long as wide in dorsal view. Mesosoma imbricate with dense punctation ( Fig. 80 View FIGURES 77 – 82 ), except dorsal surface of propodeum; lateral surface of propodeum also transversely carinulate; dorsal surface of propodeum coarsely reticulate (similar to pattern in Fig. 18 View FIGURES 16 – 22 ). Pitted sulcus present posterior to mesoscuto-mesoscutellar sulcus. Hypersternal sulcus barely visible as impression close to omaulus. Metafemur 2.8 × as long as wide. Metatibia without differently colored area apically, but surface slightly swollen apically. Pretarsal claws without teeth. Forewing with two submarginal cells; anterior border of submarginal cell II slightly shorter than posterior border. Hind wing with five distal hamuli.
Metasoma polished, punctation sparse ( Fig. 80 View FIGURES 77 – 82 ). Metasomal sternum II swollen medially, forming bulge (as in Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ). Pygidium with broad row of silk setae.
MALE: Unknown
Remarks. Arpactophilus numee is similar to A. kumak , A. vamale , A. nyelayu , A. xaragure , A. orowe , A. pwapwa , and A. arboreus as all share the combination of a dark brown or black metasoma with a bulge on the metasomal sternum II and a dark brown or black clypeus with a medially strongly projecting apical margin that has no or only a small incision medially. See remarks-section of A. kumak .
Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀: “ NEW CALEDONIA 9966: 21°45’S x 166°00’E, 1000m, Mt Do summit. 27 Sep–21 Nov 2000. J Skevington & C Burwell. Malaise” [QM].
Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the name Numèè , one of the New Caledonian native languages. It is treated as a noun in apposition.
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