Braunsomeria micans, Boni, 2011

Boni, M., 2011, Myzininae of the Old World The subtribe Braunsomeriina (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 363-380 : 375-376

Braunsomeria micans nov.sp.

Holotypus. Botswana: / BOTSWANA Manxunyane/ / 19-26.X.1976 AR. Smith B.M. 1979-256/, BMNH

Paratypi. Botswana: (2) / BOTSWANA Manxunyane / / 19-26.X.1976 AR. Smith B.M. 1979-256/, BMNH (1), MZUF (1); (1) / BOTSWANA Manxunyane Mopane wood 19-26.X.1976 / /AR. Smith B.M. 1979-256/, BMNH; (1) / BOTSWANA X-1976 Manxunyane grassland Pitfall trap CR. Smith / / Brunsomeria sp. not atriceps Turner det. MC. Day 197 9 / / Poecilotiphia sp. V. Gorbatovsky det. 1987 /, BMNH

Female. Holotype. Figs 6-15. Measurements: body length = 6.8 mm

Almost uniformly light brown, as hair is, with slightly darker head.

The whole body and mainly dorsally smooth and shining with only very few p on temples and genae, ventral es 2, coxae and femurs, lateral Sc 2, posterior propodeal disk. Stripe of densely packed p on the collar, uppermost lateral N 1, t outer es 2 and along the edge between dorsal and lateral areas of P. Sub vertical surface of 1 st tergum with dense p bearing long whitish bristles. Metasoma also p -less but also microscopic ones along contour of slightly prominent semicircular areas present on 2 nd to 5 th terga and sterna. Row of single p delimiting anterior from sub vertical portion of vertex. cOc vanishing along the total length of vertex. Both Pal and Pam 3-segmented. Temples broadly angled with vertex. PoG distinctly longer than FoO. Very feeble, almost undetectable mR on dorsal P, 2 nd to 5 th terga and 2 nd to 4 th sterna; stronger mR on genae, es 1 and forecoxa.

V a r i a b i l i t y Pam is variably segmented, in one specimen left Pam is 3- and

right Pam is 4-segmented; one specimen has both Pam 2-segmented. Small variances about size, from 6 to 7.5 mm.

Male. Unknown.

D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s. From the Latin micans (= shining).