Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Elsheikh, Tarek Y. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2018, The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the South of Saudi Arabia, with the first report of the genus Micrapion and description of Leucospis arabica sp. nov., Journal of Natural History 52 (31 - 32), pp. 2071-2096 : 2090-2092

Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948

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Micrapion clavaforme Steffan, 1948: 85–86 . Lectotype ♀, Gabon: Ogowe , N’ gomo.

Diagnosis

Body generally red/brown, with pale yellow in the following parts ( Figure 10 (a–b)): scape apically, a narrow cross band along the anterior margin of pronotum, posterior margin of pronotum being translucent after broader band, two small lines laterally on mesoscutum just above tegula, posterior margin of mesoscutellum, baso-ventral and apical markings on hind femur, hind tibia dorsally, hind metatarsus, apex of fore and mid femora, mid tibia, inner side of fore tibia, cross band on GT4 and preapical margin of GT5. Fore wing hyaline, with a dark brown streak under PMV becoming weak at wing apex, STV with a dark streak reaching the dark apex ( Figure 11 (b)).

Pronotum without any trace of transverse carinae ( Figure 10 (a)); postscutellum evenly convex, not carinate or bidentate ( Figure 10 (a)); hind coxa with upper dorsal side finely transversely striated, shiny and smooth behind striations, with a strong spine dorsally at apical third ( Figure 11 (a)); hind femur with large median ventral tooth, followed by 10 smaller ones, of which the middle two are the largest ( Figure 11 (c)); hind tibia without spine projection apico-ventrally, but with spur ( Figure 11 (c)); T4 with acutely angled point dorso-medially ( Figure 11 (d)); ovipositor furrow running on GT5, reaching apex of T4 ( Figure 11 (d)); ovipositor sheath short, hardly reaching anterior margin of GT5 ( Figure 11c ); ovipositor as long as hind tibia ( Figure 11 (c)).

Material examined: Saudi Arabia

1 ♀, Al Bahah, Mandaq, Wadi Tourabah (20.239722°N, 41.248055°E, alt. 1842 m), sweep net, 14 October 2010, leg . Al Dhafer et al. [ KSMA].

Distribution

Cameroon, Cape province, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe [ Rhodesia], Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania (Bou Č ek 1974a); Saudi Arabia (new record).

Figures

Figure 10. Micrapion clavaforme Steffan (female). (a) Habitus, dorsal view; (b) head, frontal view; (c) clypeus, eye (part), and palpi (clypeal free margin and setae on eye indicated by arrows); (d) scape and F1–F5; (e) mesosoma, lateral view.

Figure 11. Micrapion clavaforme Steffan (female). (a) Hind coxa (dorsal spine indicated by arrow); (b) both wings;(c) gaster,lateral view and, hind leg (apex of hind tibia enlarged);(d) gaster,dorsal view (apex of GT4 and ovipositorial furrow indicated by arrows); (e) ovipositor sheaths, (ovipositor apex indicated by arrow).

Figure 12. Micrapion clavaforme Steffan (female) ((NHMUK010835083)). (a,b) Habitus, lateral and dorsal views respectively; (c) data labels.