Erythropompilus malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu, 2021
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.68810 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/83A19E71-E133-4C2D-A638-11E5CE30BF1C |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:83A19E71-E133-4C2D-A638-11E5CE30BF1C |
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Erythropompilus malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu |
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sp. nov. |
Erythropompilus malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu sp. nov.
Figures 1A-K View Figure 1 , 2A-I View Figure 2
Material examined.
Holotype, ♀: ' Pasoh Forest Res. Negri S., Malaysia X.20.79 sec. for. P. & M. Becker’ (EMUS) . Paratypes: same data except for date: 1♀, 6.v.1978 (for. gap) (EMUS); 1♀, 7.vi.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 15.ix.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 18.ix.1978 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♀ 1♂, 18.ix.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 20.x.1978 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 2.xi.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 14.xi.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 18.xii.1978 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 3.i.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 15.i.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 16.i.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 16.i.1979 (for. gap) (EMUS); 1♂, 15.ii.1979 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 23.ii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 2♂, 28.ii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 3.iii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 7.iv.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 12.iv.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 16.iv.1979 (for. gap) (EMUS); 1♀, 13.v.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 22.v.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 28.v.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 30.v.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 4.vi.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 9.vi.1979 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 19.vi.1979 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 28.vi.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 20.viii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 3.x.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 6.x.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 7.x.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 11.x.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 13.x.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 15.x.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 19.xi.1979 (for. gap) (EMUS); 1♂, 20.x.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 30.xi.1979 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 14.xii.1979 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 24.xii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 26.xii.1979 (sec. for.) (EMUS); 1♀, 2.i.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 7.ii.1980 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 18.ii.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 29.ii.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, 25.iii.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 15.iv.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 30.iv.1980 (prim. for.) (EMUS); 1♂, 15.v.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♂, 29.v.1980 (forest) (EMUS); 1♀, Pasoh, N. Sembilan, West Malaysia, 18-25.i.1992, Fine Malaise trap, T. Matsumura (NIAES); 1♂, Air Hitam Forest Res., U. P. M., Selangor Peninsula , Malaysia, Coarse Malaise trap, 3-27.ii.1992 (NIAES) .
Diagnosis.
Both sexes: clypeus as broad as LID (Figs 1A View Figure 1 , 2A View Figure 2 ); and mid and hind femora with small spines set in pits apicodorsally. Female: thorax mostly orange-red (Fig. 1K View Figure 1 ); gena, in dorsal view, very thin, abruptly receding posteriorly (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ); and lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, slightly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). Male: frons, in profile, gently convex (Fig. 2I View Figure 2 ); placoids small, shorter than half of each flagellomere (Fig. 2E View Figure 2 ); thorax usually dark rufous (Fig. 2I View Figure 2 ); SGP arrowhead-shaped with rounded apex (Fig. 2F View Figure 2 ); and inner margin of parapenial lobe smooth (Fig. 2G, H View Figure 2 ).
Description.
Holotype female. Length: Body 6.5 mm; forewing 5.7 mm. Head 1.3 × as broad as long. MID 0.55 × head width. UID:MID:LID = 7.4:10:8.0. POL:OOL = 1: 0.62. Clypeus 2.4 × as broad as long. Gena, in profile, 0.2 × eye width. Scape:Fl1:Fl2 = 7.6:10:8.9; Fl1 3.7 × as long as thick, 0.86 × as long as UID. Longer spur of hind tibia 0.69 × hind tarsomere 1. FW marginal cell removed from wing tip by 0.47 × its own length. SMC2:SMC3 = 1:1.5 on vein M, 1:0.43 on vein Rs. SMC2 narrowed on vein Rs by 1.0 × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 1m-cu at basal 0.57. SMC3 narrowed on vein Rs by 0.29 × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 2m-cu at basal 0.45, removed from outer wing margin by 1.5 × its own length.
The type series. Female. (Measurements of the holotype are given in parentheses.) Length: Body 5.6-7.7 (6.5) mm; forewing 5.4-7.1 (5.7) mm. Body and legs dark rufous to black, except for mesosoma mostly orange-red (Fig. 1F View Figure 1 ). Scape beneath yellowish brown (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). Following more or less reddish brown to dark rufous: clypeus, labrum, mandible, palpi, pedicel and flagellum beneath (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ), legs, and metasoma. Wings translucent with yellowish tint (Fig. 1H View Figure 1 ).
Pubescence on body and legs mostly silvery, but that on following sericeous: upper frons, vertex, mesosoma dorsally (except for propodeum posteriorly), upper meso- and metapleura, metasomal terga anteriorly and posteriorly, metasomal sterna posteriorly, fore tibia and tarsus, and mid and hind tarsi.
Head 1.3-1.4 (1.3) × as broad as long. Vertex not convex between eye tops (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). Frons in lateral view gently convex (Fig. 1K View Figure 1 ), with frontal line very fine on lower half, almost obsolete on upper half. Antennocular line slightly inclined from antennal base toward eye (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). MID 0.52-0.56 (0.55) × head width. UID:MID:LID = 7.2-7.8 (7.4):10:7.9-8.6 (8.0). POL:OOL = 1:0.50-0.67 (0.62). Clypeus 2.4-2.7 (2.4) × as broad as long; apical margin almost transversely straight (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). Labrum with apical margin almost transversely straight medially. Gena, in profile, 0.1-0.2 (0.2) × eye width. Scape:Fl1:Fl2 = 7.1-8.2 (7.6):10:8.2-9.2 (8.9); Fl1 3.7-4.5 (3.7) × as long as thick, 0.83-0.98 (0.86) × as long as UID.
Pronotum with posterior margin subangulate medially (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). Mesoscutum slightly raised posterolaterally (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ). Disc of scutellum barely convex above level of mesoscutum.
Mid tibia with five to eight spines externally and two or three spines internally. Hind tibia with six to eight spines externally and five to seven spines internally. Longer spur of hind tibia 0.63-0.71 (0.69) × hind tarsomere 1.
FW and HW as shown in Fig. 1H View Figure 1 . Marginal cell removed from wing tip by 0.42-0.49 (0.47) × its own length. SMC2:SMC3 = 1:1.3-1.6 (1.5) on vein M, 1:0.36-0.62 (0.43) on vein Rs. SMC2 narrowed on vein Rs by 0.83-1.1 (1.0) × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 1m-cu at basal 0.48-0.60 (0.57). SMC3 narrowed on vein Rs by 0.25-0.35 (0.29) × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 2m-cu at basal 0.44-0.59 (0.45), removed from outer wing margin by 1.2-1.7 (1.5) × its own length. Crossvein cu-a perpendicular to vein A.
Male. Body 4.6-6.2 mm; forewing 4.2-5.6 mm. Body and legs black (Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ); pro-, meso- and metanota, meso- and metapleura dorsally, and propodeum anteriorly more or less dark rufous (Fig. 2I View Figure 2 ) (in a specimen from Air Hitam Forest Res., U. P. M., Selangor Peninsula Malaysia, thorax mostly orange-red); palpi, metasomal terga except anteriorly, metasomal sterna, fore legs, and sometimes mid and hind coxae, trochanters, and femora reddish brown. Antenna beneath yellowish to light brown (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ) (becoming darker apically). Wings with inner fascia narrower than in female (Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ).
Head 1.3 × as broad as long. Vertex, in frontal view, raised in ocellar area above level of eye tops (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ). MID 0.57-0.63 × head width. UID:MID:LID = 7.9-8.4:10:7.7-8.1. POL:OOL = 1:0.56-0.69. Clypeus 2.4-2.7 × as broad as long, narrower than LID (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ). Gena, in dorsal view, slightly thicker than in female (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ), 0.2-0.3 × eye width in profile. Scape:Fl1:Fl2 = 8.0-8.5:10:9.8-10; Fl1 3.0-3.5 × as long as thick, 0.60-0.70 × as long as UID.
Pronotum, in dorsal view, distinctly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ).
Mid tibia with five or six spines externally and two or three short spines internally. Hind tibia with five to eight spines externally and four or five spines internally. Longer spur of hind tibia 0.65-0.83 × hind tarsomere 1.
Fore and hind wings as shown in Fig. 2D View Figure 2 . Marginal cell removed from wing tip by 0.36-0.44 × its own length. SMC2:SMC3 = 1:1.2-1.5 on vein M, 1:0.41-0.74 on vein Rs. SMC2 narrowed on vein Rs by 0.90-1.1 × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 1m-cu at basal 0.36-0.57. SMC3 narrowed on vein Rs by 0.29-0.45 × its length on vein M, receiving crossvein 2m-cu at basal 0.45-0.55, removed from outer wing margin by 1.3-1.8 × its own length.
SGP somewhat concave ventrally. Genitalia (Fig. 2G, H View Figure 2 ): volsella constricted medially, broadened apically with rounded apex and several long setae; parapenial lobe extending far beyond apex of volsella; aedoeagus slightly broadened apically, extending beyond apex of parapenial lobe.
Etymology.
The species name is derived from its locality, i.e., Malaysia.
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