Astata enslini Maidl, 1924

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 enslini Maidl, 1924

Holotype.

♂ Sudan, Kordofan, Sennar (NHMW).

Material.

Only holotype known, not examined.

Description male

(after Maidl 1924 and Pulawski 1959). Habitus. Body length 7.5 mm. Head. Black with pale scattered setae. Mandible simple, reddish-brown in middle. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly longer than lateral lobes, relatively narrow, lamella very slightly widened apically (Fig. 16 ). Head behind eyes well-developed. Antenna. Black. Antennomere I on inner side with white setae, IV about 2 × as long as wide. Antennomeres V-VIII concave in profile, tyloids with two tubercles (Fig. 18 ). Thorax. Black with pale scattered setae. Tegula black. Anterior half of mesoscutum densely punctate, posterior surface with large smooth area. Wings. Basal sclerite black, forewings slightly yellowish, apical margin hyaline. Front margin of marginal cell about 2 × as long as apical margin. Legs. Black, inner surface of foretibia brown, tarsi brown, with pale setae only. Hindfemur ventrally flattened in proximal half (Fig. 17 ). Midcoxa interior distinctly concave. Propodeum. Black. Dorsal surface with well-developed regular longitudinal and distinctly weaker transverse striae. Metasoma. Black. Posterior margin of sternum V distinctly concave. Metasomal hairbrush beginning on sternum IV, central setae very short, lateral setae about twice as long as those on sternum II.

Female unknown.

Figures

Figures 1 - 18. 1 - 5. A. lubricata male: 1. Habitus dorsal; 2. Habitus lateral; 3. Head frontal; 4. Clypeus; 5. Antenna. 6 - 9. A. flavipennis male: 6. Habitus dorsal; 7. Habitus lateral; 8. Mesoscutum; 9. Antenna. 10. A. gracilicornis female: Pygidial plate (after Arnold 1924). 11 - 15. A. melanaria male: 11. Habitus dorsal; 12. Habitus lateral; 13. Head frontal; 14. Clypeus; 15. Antenna. 16 - 18. A. enslini male (after Pulawski 1959): 16. Clypeus; 17. Hindfemur; 18. Antenna.