Odontomyrme rasnitsyni Lelej, 2021

Lelej, A. S., 2021, Discovery of the genus Odontomyrme Lelej, 1983 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in New Guinea with description of a new species, Far Eastern Entomologist 437, pp. 1-5 : 3-5

Odontomyrme rasnitsyni Lelej , sp. n.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ AE231BC1-6881-4B02-AE30-6E9435EA7759

Figs 1–5

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♀, Papua New Guinea: Gumi , 2.II 2004, leg.

S. Onoda [ IBSS].

DIAGNOSIS. FEMALE. Genal carina well developed forming on hypostomal carina tubercle. Scutellar scale lacking. Mesopleuron convex, mesonotum wider than pronotum or propodeum, mesopleural vertical carina well developed with long white sub-erect setae. Metasoma black, T2 with apicomedial small yellowish cuticular spot, T6 with elongate pygidium, with lateral carina oblitered apically,

with sparse striae (~15 at midpoint), no striae reaching posterior margin, apical quarter smooth shiny.

DESCRIPTION. FEMALE. Body length 4.2 mm. Coloration and setation.

Head black, mandible except apex brownish-red, flagellomeres ventrally yellowish-

brown. Mesosoma black with brownish-red legs. Metasoma black, T2 with apicomedial small yellowish cuticular spot, T6 brownish-red. Sparse fully plumose white setae on clypeus, face below antennal scrobe, vertex, pronotum anterad, posterior propodeal face, T1 anterior face, T2–6 laterally, S2–6. Sub-erect sparse grayish setae on frons, gena, scape. Flagellomeres with dense recumbent microsetae. Mesosoma dorsally with sparse mixed black and grayish sub-erect setae. Legs with rather dense recumbent and sub-erect white setae. T1 dorsally with black sub-erect setae whitish on posterior border. T2 with sparse sub-erect black setae, longer denser yellowish ones posteriorly. T3–5 with same setae as on T2 posteriorly.

Head. Antennal tubercles connected by weak transverse carina. Antennal scrobe with sinuate dorsal carina almost reaching eye. Ratio pedicel and flagellomeres 1–3

20:25:25:30. Genal carina well developed forming on hypostomal carina tubercle.

Mandible inner border with one preapical denticle. Scape bicarinate ventrally.

Clypeus with arcuate subapical transverse carina. Frons, vertex and gena punctures dense.

Mesosoma . Mesopleuron convex, mesonotum wider than pronotum or propodeum, mesopleural vertical carina well developed with long white sub-erect setae.

Posterior propodeal face reticulate with some interspaces reduced, forming apparent striae and tubercles. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy sub-

dentate carina. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeal lateral face mostly smooth.

Dorsum of mesosoma with dense punctures, larger and confluent on disc.

Metasoma. T2 basolaterally with short felt line. S1 with simple longitudinal carina. Lateral process of T1 (dorsal view) rectangle. T1 posterior border smooth shiny. T6 with elongate pygidium, with lateral carina oblitered apically, with sparse striae (~15 at midpoint), no striae reaching posterior margin, apical quarter smooth shiny.

lateral view, 3 – pygidial plate, 4 – head, face view.

MALE unknown.

REMARKS. In Lelej's (1983) key, this species keys to Odontomyrme addenda

(André, 1901), which is known from Australia (Queensland) and has small apicomedial yellowish cuticular spot on T2, T3 with black cuticula (large apicomedial reddish cuticular spot on T2, T3 with reddish cuticula in addenda).

ETYMOLOGY. The specific name is dedicated to Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn,

world authority on Hymenoptera classification and evolution, for his 85 years jubilee.

Treat as a noun in genetive.

Figures

Figs 1–4. Odontomyrme rasnitsyni sp. n., holotype; 1 – habitus, dorsal view, 2 – habitus,

Fig. 5. Odontomyrme rasnitsyni sp. n., labels of holotype.