Trichiscus noorti Azevedo

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Trichiscus Benoît, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3802 (3), pp. 318-334 : 323-324

Trichiscus noorti Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 1–4, 7–9 , 12 , 29–31 )

Description. MALE. Length 3.2–3.7 mm. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma dark castaneous. Wings subhyaline. Clypeus with median lobe concave (bidentate), apical margin thick in frontal view, medially with wide trapezoidal polished area; median carina absent. Frons strongly coriaceous, punctures little distinguishable from texture surface. Frons with anterior median small callus. Vertex almost straight. Notaulus present on anterior third of mesoscutum. Propodeal disc rugose. Hypopygium ( Fig. 12 ) with posterior margin with deep and narrow median emargination, lateral corner folded and with small callus. Genitalia ( Figs 29–31 ). Basal parameral expansion rectangular. Aedeagal ventral ramus very short, laminar, surface vertical, subrectangular in lateral view. Aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs of apical lobes, outer pair laminar, surface vertical, dilated subapically, apex sharpened and ventrad in lateral view; ventral pair laminar, surface vertical, apex sharpened in lateral view; inner pair stout, membranous, hairy.

FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27’N 16°11.55’E, 420m, S. van Noort, Malaise Trap, Lowland Rainforest, 0 1 ♂, 16-17.v.2001, CAR 01-M144 ( ISAM). Paratypes: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki, 38.6km 173° S Lidjombo, 2°21.60’N 16°03.20’E, 350m, lowland rainforest, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, 0 2 ♂, 21-22.v.2001, CAR 01-M172, 0 2 ♂, 20-21.v.2001, CAR 01-M155, 0 1 ♂, 20-21.v.2001, CAR 01-M165, 0 3 ♂, 22-23.v.2001, CAR 01-M183, 0 1 ♂, 22-23.v.2001, CAR 01-M179, 0 1 ♂, 22-23.v.2001, CAR 01-M184, 0 2 ♂, 24-25.v.2001, CAR 01-M199, 0 1 ♂, 24- 25.v.2001, CAR 01-M201, 0 1 ♂, 25-26.v.2001, CAR 01-M212, 0 3 ♂, 26-27.v.2001, CAR 01-M227, 0 1 ♂, 26- 27.v.2001, CAR 01-M231, Sweep, 0 1 ♂, 22.v.2001, CAR 01-S225, 0 1 ♂, 23.v.2001, CAR 01-S297 ( ISAM); Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27’N 16°11.55’E, 420m, S. van Noort, Malaise Trap, Lowland Rainforest, 0 1 ♂, 10-11.v.2001, CAR 01-M83, 0 1 ♂, 11-12.v.2001, CAR 01-M94, 0 1 ♂, 11-12.v.2001, CAR 01-M89, 0 1 ♂, 12-13.v.2001, CAR 01-M105, 0 1 ♂, 12-13.v.2001, CAR 01-M100, 0 1 ♂, 14-15.v.2001, CAR 01-M127, 0 2 ♂, 15-16.v.2001, CAR 01-M142, 0 2 ♂, 15- 16.v.2001, CAR 01-M133, 0 1 ♂, 15-16.v.2001, CAR 01-M134, 0 1 ♂, 15-16.v.2001, CAR 01-M139, ( ISAM); Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4km 53° NE Bayanga, 3°02.01’N 16°24.57’E, 510m, Lowland Rainforest, marsh clearing, 0 1 ♂, 1-2.v.2001, CAR 01-M01, 0 2 ♂, 4-5.v.2001, CAR 01-M41, 0 1 ♂, 6.v.2001, CAR 01-S45, 0 1 ♂, 7-8.v.2001, CAR 01-M71 ( ISAM).

Etymology. This species is named after the curator of ISAM Simon van Noort, for his contribution to African wasp studies.

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 9. 1 – 4 Trichiscus noorti sp. nov.; 1. Habitus; 2. Head, dorsal view; 3. Mandible, lateral view; 4. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 5. T. copelandi sp. nov., mesosoma, dorsal view. 6. T. ohli sp. nov., mesosoma, dorsal view. 7 – 9 T. noorti sp. nov.; 7. Forewing, dorsal view; 8. Metasoma, lateral view; 9. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURES 10 – 22. Hypopygium, dorsal view; 10. Trichiscus suzannae; 11. T. wittei; 12. T. noorti sp. nov.; 13. T. denisi sp. nov.; 14. T. briani sp. nov.; 15. T. copelandi sp. nov.; 16. T. mourei sp. nov.; 17. T. lynnae sp. nov.; 18. T. normani sp. nov.; 19. T. luboi sp. nov.; 20. T. zuparkoi sp. nov.; 21. T. ohli sp. nov.; 22. T. camargoi sp. nov. (Scale bars = 50 µm).

FIGURES 29 – 41. Male genitalia. 29 – 32 Trichiscus noorti sp. nov.; 29. dorsal view; 30. ventral view; 31. lateral view. 32 – 35 T. denisi sp. nov.; 32. dorsal view; 33. ventral view; 34. lateral view. 35. Aedeagal dorsal body, ventral. 36 – 41 T. briani sp. nov.; 36. dorsal view; 37. ventral view; 38. lateral view; 39, ventral pair of aedeagal dorsal body, ventral view; 40, outer pair of aedeagal dorsal body, ventral view; 41. basivolsellar spine, lateral view. (Scale bars = 50 µm).