Notocyphus anacaona Rodriguez & Pitts, 2012

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253445
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B18-FFBB-92FE-FF724B441AE8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Notocyphus anacaona Rodriguez & Pitts
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Notocyphus anacaona Rodriguez & Pitts View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 7H View FIGURE 7 , 9G–I View FIGURE 9 )

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is black with pronotum and face with whitish spots; legs are reddish-orange; the metasomal sternum 2 does not have a distinct sharp transverse groove; the labrum is fully excerted ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); the fore wing is darkened with 1/3 of apex darker; fore wing has three radial sectors, the Cu vein is simple at the base, and has no definite downward deflection (fig. 7H). The female of this species is unknown.

Description. Holotype, male. Body length 11.20 mm. Fore wing 9.40 mm; maximum wing width 2.50 mm.

Coloration. Head black, with white markings along inner orbit margins; clypeus white with black median longitudinal stripe; mandibular and maxillary palpi pale reddish brown; mandible black from base to 0.75 of its length, pale reddish brown apically; antenna dark reddish brown; pronotum black with white stripe on posterior margin; mesonotum black; scutellum black with white spot in the center; postnotum black; propodeum black; metasoma dark reddish brown with pale marking on pygidium; wing subtranslucent; veins dark reddish brown; leg grey, somewhat orange, tarsi dark reddish brown.

Head ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Head as long as wide; TFD 1.0 × FD; MID 0.44 × FD. Ocelli in nearly right triangle; lateral ocelli closer to compound eyes than to each other; POL 1.50 × OOL. Mandible narrow with wide, sharpened, apical teeth; pubescence inconspicuous. Clypeus squared, anterior margin straight; LC 0.62 × WC; clypeal projection absent medially. Antenna elongate; length of fourth segment 3.0 × its width; ratio of first four antennal segments 15:3:15:13; WA3 2.50 × LA3; LA3 0.70 × UID.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 7H View FIGURE 7 ). Pubescence sparse on entire body, short, ash-grey, more abundant on propodeum; punctuation inconspicuous. Pronotum short, width 4.50 × length, posterior margin not angulated; pronotal collar conspicuous. Notauli present on very beginning of mesonotum. Postnotum striated. Punctures on propodeum inconspicuous under abundant setae; propodeal disc with long setae, more abundant on inferior corner. Wing long; length of first radial 2 cell 0.53 × distance from its origin to wing apex; third radial sector 1.30 × longer than second; 2m-cu vein bent, slightly curved, meeting third radial sector 0.50 × distance from base to apex of cell. Front tibia spines absent on anterior and posterior margins; middle and hind tibiae with few spines present, short, sharpened, sparse.

Metasoma. Metasoma covered by short, sparse pubescence; pygidium covered with short ash-grey pubescence; metasoma 1.09 × as long as mesosoma.

Genitalia ( Fig. 9G–I View FIGURE 9 ). Parapenial lobe split; lobes broad, its length 0.41 × total genitalia length; apical lobe lanceolate; basal portion wider. Digitus wide, rounded; length 1.10 × paramere length; both lobes about the same length, narrow, rounded; setae very scarce, very short; ventral lobe spatulate, short, truncate. Aedeagus thin at base, broader on apex, long, as long as digitus, bilobed apically. Paramere length 0.50 × total genitalia length; apex angulate; setae short, thin, abundant, covering all of its length, originating inside punctures. Subgenital plate broad, narrower at base; apex deeply bilobed; punctured, setae not present.

Variation. There is variation on color. The legs can be dark reddish brown in some specimens.

Etymology. Named after a female Taino indigenous cacique who ruled the island of Hispaniola in 1492.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Hato Mayor, Parque los Haitises , 3 km W Cueva de Arena, 19–04N, 69–29W, 20 m, 7–9.VII.1992, mesic lowland forest, S. Davidson, J. Rawlins, S. Thompson, C. Young, CMNH –367,305 ( CMNH) . Paratypes: 2 ♂ with same data as holotype CMNH –370,588/ 370,096.

Distribution. Dominican Republic.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. There are three species of Notocyphus described for the Caribbean: N. compressiventris (Cresson) , N. alboplagiatus (Smith) and N. lucasi Banks. The three species differ from N. anacaona in the coloration of the legs. Notocyphus alboplagiatus and N. compressiventris have completely black legs and N. lucasi has black front femora, whereas N. anacaona has completely red legs. Furthermore, N. alboplagiatus has a second radial sector that is half as long as the third. This species is most morphologically similar to N. unicinctus Brèthes and N. adoletis Banks. This is speculative, however, because this genus is large and has never been revised and many ubdescribed species exist. Furthermore, N. anacaona does not have any white markings, as do both N. unicinctus and N. adoletis . This is the first record of Notocyphus for the Dominican Republic.