Astata rugifrons Arnold, 1946

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 rugifrons Arnold, 1946

Type.

( Astata ). ♀ syntypes, Zambia, Abercorn , now Mbala (SAM) .

Material.

No material examined.

Description female

(after Arnold 1946). Habitus. Body length 9 mm. Head. Black with white setae. Mandible red, except black apex. Middle clypeal lobe short, rectangular, anterior margin straight. Clypeus shiny, anterior half densely punctate. Face and frons dull, transversely rugose with punctures between rugae. Ocellar area and vertex shiny with scattered punctures. Distance between hind ocelli half as long as distance between hind ocellus and eye. Occiput shiny and impunctate. Antenna. Antennomeres I-III ferruginous, following antennomeres dark brown. Antennomere III short, about 2.5 × as long as apically wide. Thorax. Black with white setae. Anterior third of mesoscutum densely punctate, with very scattered punctures on posterior surface. Mesopleuron densely punctate in anterior third, more scattered posteriorly. Wings. Hyaline, veins and pterostigma dark brown. Legs. Coxae and trochanters black. Femora black with ferruginous apex, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. Propodeum. Black. Dorsal surface reticulate. Declivity reticulate-rugose with white setae. Metasoma. Segment I black, segments II-VI red. Terga shiny with scattered punctures. Pygidial plate dull, triangular, with a median longitudinal carina and raised lateral margins.

Male unknown.