Astata rufitarsis F. Smith, 1856

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2023, Astata Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae) from Africa, south of the Sahara, Contributions to Entomology 73 (2), pp. 251-267 : 251

Astata rufitarsis F. Smith, 1856

Type.

♂ holotype or syntypes, South Africa, Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope (BMNH) .

Material.

Republic of South Africa • 1 ♂; West Cape, Klein Karoo, Barrydale ; 16.12.2002; Ma. Halada leg.; OLML . • 1 ♂; with same data; M. Snižek leg.; OLML .

Description male.

Habitus. Dorsal Fig. 28 , lateral Fig. 29 . Body length 9-10 mm. Head. Black, face with whitish setae (Fig. 31 ). Gena and occiput shiny, with shallow punctures and long whitish setae. Clypeus dull, densely punctate, median lobe distinctly longer than lateral lobes, anterior lamella straight. Antenna. Black. Median antennomeres stout, VI and VII about 1.5 × as long as wide (Fig. 30 ). Tyloids on antennomeres V-X tripartite, antennomeres convex in profile. Thorax. Black with whitish setae. Tegula black. Mesoscutum shiny, densely punctate, except smooth spot before mesoscutellum. Mesopleuron shiny with scattered punctures, interspaces wider than puncture diameter. Prepectus densely punctate. Wings. Basal sclerite black, wing veins and pterostigma dark brown. Marginal cell about 2.5 × as long as wide. Forewing distinctly darkened in area of veins. Legs. Femora black, tibiae dark brown to black, tarsi brown. Midcoxa on inner surface rounded, hindcoxa and -trochanter without special characters. Propodeum. Black. Dorsum glabrous, densely granulate, without longitudinal or oblique carinae, dull. Lateral surface anteriorly smooth and shiny, remaining part and posterior surface densely punctate, with long white setae. Metasoma. Black, segments V-VII ferruginous or light brown. Tergum I densely punctate, dull; II-IV with dense micropunctures, II with scattered punctures laterally. Tergum I and sterna I-II with white setae. Metasomal hairbrush well developed, pale brown, lateral setae about 3 × as long as middle setae, about 1.5-2 × as long as the white setae on sternum II.

Female unknown.

Figures

Figures 19 - 33. 19 - 24. A. namibiensis sp. nov. female holotype: 19. Habitus dorsal; 20. Habitus lateral; 21. Mesoscutum; 22. Head frontal; 23. Pygidial plate; 24. Mesopleuron. 25 - 27. A. ruficaudata male: 25. Habitus dorsal; 26. Habitus lateral; 27. Antenna. 28 - 31. A. rufitarsis male: 28. Habitus dorsal; 29. Habitus lateral; 30. Antenna; 31. Head frontal. 32 - 33. A. rufoatra sp. nov. male holotype: 32. Habitus dorsal; 33. Habitus lateral.