Argemiones, BRAZIDEC, 2023

BRAZIDEC, MANUEL, 2023, Argemiones stupeflip gen. et sp. nov., a new spathiopterygid wasp (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, Palaeoentomology 6 (3), pp. 292-299 : 293

Genus Argemiones gen. nov.

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Type species. Argemiones stupeflip sp. nov., by present designation.

Etymology. The Argémiones are a nation from the Stupeflip lyrical universe [‘ Les humains sont amers, la musique s’amplifie / Les Argémiones ont attaqué par défi ’—Stupeflip: “Stup Monastère” (2005)]. Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Head globular, compound eye with numerous ommatidia ( Figs 2 , 3 ); antenna filiform; pedicel globular; flagellomeres 1–4 distinctly elongate; flagellomeres 5–11 progressively widening ( Fig. 3C ); notaulus present; fore wing longer than body, with membrane slightly wrinkled ( Fig. 4B ); marginal fringe of setae present along apex; parastigma elongate, sclerotized and thickened; R, Rs, M and Cu not sclerotized basally; fork of Rs and M basad apex of parastigma; vein A longer than parastigma; vein B (= basal vein sensu Engel et al., 2013 = 1Rs & 1M) not sclerotized; hind wing very reduced ( Fig. 4B ); probasitaromere shorter than protarsomeres 2–5 combined ( Fig. 4A ); tarsal claws angled apically; arolium large ( Fig. 4D ); petiole visible, slightly longer than wide ( Figs 3 , 4B ); gaster globose ( Fig. 4B ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Argemiones stupeflip gen. et sp. nov., specimen IGR.BU-076, habitus in dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 3. Argemiones stupeflip gen. et sp. nov., specimen IGR.BU-076, line drawing of habitus in dorsal view (pst = parastigma). Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 4. Argemiones stupeflip gen. et sp. nov., specimen IGR.BU-076, A, Habitus in ventral view. B, Right fore wing and metasoma in dorsal view (arrow = remnant of hind wing). C, Left antenna in ventral view. D, Left mesotarsomere 5 in ventral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm, B = 0.5 mm, C = 0.25 mm, D = 0.125 mm.