Sphecodopsis crassipunctata, Pöllein & Kuhlmann, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216B-FFB5-FFC4-FDC8-FBBAFE12FC46 |
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scientific name |
Sphecodopsis crassipunctata |
status |
sp. nov. |
Sphecodopsis crassipunctata sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
The female of S. crassipunctata sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about seven times as long as its apical width ( Fig. 52C View Fig ); metasoma partially red ( Fig. 51B View Fig ); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red ( Fig. 51A View Fig ); head wider than long, vertex flat ( Fig. 51C View Fig ); T5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ± even length ( Fig. 52B View Fig ); head and mesoscutum with black hair ( Fig. 51C–D View Fig ); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate ( Fig. 51D View Fig ); T6 broad and rounded apically, laterally slightly rounded, with short golden hair ( Fig. 52B View Fig ). The male is unknown.
Etymology
Named for the relatively coarse punctation of the mesoscutum.
Type material (2 specimens)
Holotype
SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay 21 km E; [31°26′ S, 18°58′ E]; 22 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC. GoogleMaps
Paratype
SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay ; [32°04′ S, 18°20′ E]; 7 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps .
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm.
HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, black hair. Face with dense (i =0.25–0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i =0.5–1 d) punctation ( Fig. 51C View Fig ). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate ( Fig. 51D View Fig ). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt ( Fig. 52A View Fig ). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, black hair ( Fig. 51D View Fig ). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous ( Figs 51D View Fig , 52A View Fig ).
WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown ( Fig. 51A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown. Femur basal half reddish-brown, apical half light red, tibia and tarsi light red. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair. Tibia and tarsus covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair ( Fig. 51A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4–T6 black. T1–T4 with few short, white hair mixed with short, black hair ( Fig. 51B View Fig ). T5 with dense short, white hair. T6 covered with short, white hair, broad and rounded apically ( Fig. 52B View Fig ). Shape of S6 ( Fig. 52C View Fig ) as illustrated.
Male
Unknown.
Distribution
Only known from the type locality Lamberts Bay at the southwest coast of South Africa.
Host bees
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
September–October.
SANC |
Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute |
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