Patellapis (Patellapis) doleritica, Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009

Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, Zootaxa 2099, pp. 1-188 : 26-29

Patellapis (Patellapis) doleritica sp. n. Timmermann

( Figs. 12a–g ; 13a–h )

Diagnosis. Superficially, it resembles other Patellapis sensu stricto species like P. bidentata , P. hakkiesdraadi or P. cincticauda . The female of P. hakkiesdraadi has a larger body length with the head wider than in P. doleritica , a feature also present in P. cincticauda . Together with P. bidentata they differ from P. doleritica in having the Ts rather weakly serrate and the scutellum less densely punctate. Further, P. hakkiesdraadi and P. bidentata are characterised by the paraocular lobe sculptured between punctures ( P. doleritica with a smooth and shiny surface). Several other Patellapis species have males with a row of bristles on the posterior margin of S4 and dense hair patches on S5, but they differ substantially from P. doleritica in the structure of the genitalia. The male of P. doleritica belongs to a group of males (including P. hakkiesdraadi , P. pseudomontagui and P. montagui ) characterised by lacking a dorso-lateral projection on the gonostylus and having strong fan–shaped hair patches on S5. The male of P. hakkiesdraadi differs from P. doleritica in having a small angulate apical plate and a broader gonostylus lacking a dense patch of short hairs apically. P. montagui and P. pseudomontagui both can be easily distinguished from P. doleritica by having the marginal zones of T1–T3 conspicuously more densely punctuate than the rest of the terga.

Description

Female. Bl = 7,4–7,8mm. General habitus ( Fig. 12e ). Head. L = 2,1–2,2mm; W = 2,2–2,3mm. Head about as long as wide ( Fig. 12a ). Integument black except mandibles sometimes reddish–black. Face shiny and with loose, long, yellowish, erect hairs. Mandibles bidentate. Clypeus and supraclypeal area convex in profile. Clypeus loosely and deeply punctate (i = 1,5d–2,0d). Clypeoantennal distance 0,5mm. Supraclypeal area loosely and deeply punctate (i = 2,0–2,5d). Paraocular area sparsely punctate in lower half and more densely punctate in upper half. Antennae black to brownish-black. Mesosoma. L = 1,5–1,6mm; W (ITS) = 1,8–1,9mm. Integument black. Scutum shiny; disc densely and strongly punctate (i = d) ( Fig. 12b ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 12c . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with long, yellowish, erect hairs (same colour as head). Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 12c . Propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation shiny; finely and loosely punctate. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument brownish-black. Vestiture yellowish. Ts finely serrate ( Fig. 12f ). Bp broad; broadly rounded at apex ( Fig. 12g ). Metasoma. L = 3,7–4,0mm; W = 2,8–2,9mm. Integument brownish-black except the margins of T brownish to pallid brownish (usually T1–T2), margins translucent. T3–T4 with yellowish apical hair bands; the bands on T1–T2 mostly present only laterally. Prepygidial fimbria yellowish. Metasomal terga as illustrated Fig. 12d .

Male. Bl = 7,2–7,5mm. Head. L = 1,8–1,9mm; W = 1,5–1,7mm. Head slightly longer than wide ( Fig. 13a ). Integument black. Clypeus, supraclypeal area and lower half of paraocular area entirely covered with appressed, white hairs. Upper half of paraocular area and vertex covered with loose, white, erect hairs. Mandibles simple. Antennae brownish-black. Flagellomeres knotty. A4 about 2,5 times longer than A3.

Mesosoma. L = 1,3–1,4mm; W (ITS) = 1,5–1,6mm. Integument black. Scutum densely and strongly punctate (i = d) ( Fig. 13b ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 13c . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with long, white, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 13c . Propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation shiny; finely and loosely punctate. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument brownish-black. Vestiture whitish. Metasoma. L = 4,2–4,3mm; W = 2,2–2,3mm. Integument brownish-black with margins of T brownish to pallid brownish; margins translucent. Metasomal terga as illustrated in Fig. 13d . Apical plate broad and rounded apically. Posterior margin of S4 with a dense row of coarse, erect bristles. S5 with dense fan-shaped hair patches laterally ( Fig. 13e ). S7 and S8 as illustrated in Fig. 13f . Genitalia. Genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 13g –h ; gonocoxa shiny and gonostylus simple, without a dorso-lateral projection.

Type material ( 942 specimens). Holotype, male, South Africa, Northern Cape, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve , S 31°22'25,9" / E19°08'46,1", 770m, 26.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann, SANC.

Paratypes: 439♀, 502♂. South Africa. Northern Cape : 1♀, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, near farm Engelsepunt , Pf E 2, yellow pan trap, 23.–25.ix.2003, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 5♀, 6,65 km SSE Nieuwoudtville, Oorlogskloof farm, Beacon site, natural vegetation on dolerite, 12.–19.x.2000, leg. H.G. Robertson, D. Larsen and R . Adams , NW00–DN4– PO4 , SANC ; 3♀, 7 km W Nieuwoudtville , pan traps, 09.x.2002, leg. F.D. Parker and M.E. Irwin, NPIC ; 4♀, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve , 26.viii.1985, leg. V . B. Whitehead and M. Macpherson, SAM – HYM – B009634 , SAMC ; 10♀, idem, 27.viii.1985, SAM – HYM – B009639 , SAMC ; 1♀, 1♂, idem, 28.viii.1985, SAM – HYM – B009636 , SAMC ; 2♀, 3♂, idem, 02.viii.1984, leg. V . B. Whitehead and K. Steiner, SAM – HYM – B009683 , SAMC ; 2♀, 1♂, idem, 26.viii.1984, leg. V . B. Whitehead and M. Macpherson, SAM – HYM – B009692 , SAMC ; 2♀, 2♂, idem, 27.viii.1984, SAM – HYM – B009684 , SAM – HYM – B009687 , SAMC ; 11♀, 1♂, idem, 28.viii.1984, leg. V . B. Whitehead, M. Macpherson, K. Steiner , SAM – HYM – B009660 , SAM – HYM – B009666 , SAM – HYM – B009638 , SAMC ; 1♀, 1♂, idem, 29.viii.1984, leg. V . B. Whitehead and M. Macpherson, SAM – HYM – B009686 , SAMC ; 1♀, Doringrivier near Nieuwoudtville , 28.ix.1990, leg. C.D. Eardley, SANC ; 8♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve , 26.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 4♀, 3♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve, Pf , 27.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 6♀, 2♂, idem, 01.ix.2006, KTPC ; 6♀, 7♂, idem, 02.ix.2006, KTPC ; 4♀, 1♂, idem, 03.ix.2006, KTPC ; 22♀, 1♂, idem, 10.ix.2006, KTPC ; 22♀, 1♂, idem, 11.ix.2006, KTPC ; 33♀, 1♂, idem, 18.ix.2006, KTPC ; 22♀, idem, 27.ix.2006, KTPC ; 15♀, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve, Rondell, Car Park East , 20.ix.2006, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 24♀, idem, 24.ix.2006, KTPC ; 6♀, idem, 26.ix.2006, KTPC ; 2♀, idem, yellow pan trap, 28.ix.2006, KTPC ; 2♀, idem, 30.ix.2006, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 36♀, idem, 04.x.2006, KTPC ; 1♀, idem, 19.x.2006, KTPC ; 1♀, 2♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve East, 02.viii.2004, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 10♂, idem, 03.viii.2004, KTPC ; 34♀, 77♂, idem, 10.viii.2004, KTPC ; 7♀, 32♂, idem, 12.viii.2004, KTPC ; 5♀, 5♂, idem, 12.viii.2004, BMNH ; 11♀, 28♂, idem, 13.viii.2004, KTPC ; 1♀, 19♂, idem, 19.viii.2004, KTPC ; 4♀, 10♂, idem, 21.viii.2004, KTPC ; 2♀, 3♂, idem., 03.ix.2003, KTPC ; 2♂, idem, 04.ix.2003, KTPC ; 5♀, 8♂, idem, 07.ix.2003, KTPC ; 5♀, 16♂, idem, 11.ix.2003, KTPC ; 2♀, 3♂, idem, 01.ix.2002, KTPC ; 2♀, 2♂, idem, 05.ix.2002, KTPC ; 2♀, 2♂, idem, 06.ix.2002, KTPC ; 4♀, 5♂, idem, 11.ix.2002, KTPC ; 5♀, 2♂, idem, 13.ix.2002, KTPC ; 2♀, idem, 14.ix.2002, KTPC ; 1♀, idem, 16.ix.2002, KTPC ; 1♀, 2♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve West, 31.viii.2002, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 1♂, idem, 03.ix.2002, KTPC ; 3♀, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve East, 18.ix.2007, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 2♀, 2♂, idem., dolerite flats, 15.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 8♂, idem., 17.viii.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, idem., 08.ix.2007, KTPC ; 3♀, idem., 10.ix.2007, KTPC ; 6♀, 123♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve , dolerite hills, 16.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 11♂, idem., 17.viii.2007, KTPC ; 4♀, 15♂, idem., 21.viii.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, 2♂, idem., 25.viii.2007, KTPC ; 10♂, 29.viii.2007, KTPC ; 4♀, 5♂, idem., 08.ix.2007, KTPC ; 9♀, 2♂, idem., 10.ix.2007, KTPC ; 1♂, idem., 11.ix.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, idem., 17.ix.2007, KTPC ; 4♀, 19.ix.2007, KTPC ; 11♂, Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve , car park east, 20.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 1♂, Nieuwoudtville , garden, yellow pan trap, 16.–17.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 3♂, Nieuwoudtville , pad to Farm Glen Lyon, road to R27 , 19.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 2♀, 4♂, idem., 03.ix.2007, KTPC ; 2♀, 3♂, idem., 07.ix.2007, KTPC ; 36♀, idem., 17.ix.2007, leg. K. Timmermann and M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 8♀, idem., 20.ix.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, 7♂, Nieuwoudtville , pad to Farm Glen Lyon, road to R27 , slope, 18.viii.2007, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 1♀, 9♂, idem., 19.viii.2007, KTPC ; 17♂, idem., 02.ix.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, idem., 03.ix.2007, KTPC ; 1♀, 1♂, Nieuwoudtville, Botanic Gardens , 09.ix.1987, leg. C.D. Eardley, Database No. HYMA 07248 , HYMA07628 , SANC ; 1♀, Farm Glen Lyon , 29.viii.1985, V . B. Whitehead and M. Macpherson, SAM – HYM – B009639 , SAMC ; 4♂, Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon , 25.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann, KTPC ; 1♂, idem, 12.ix.2003, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC ; 1♀, Farm Papkuilsfontein , 12.–19.x.2000, leg. S. van Noort and H.G. Robertson, SANC ; 2♀, Farm Toren , 26.viii.1985, leg. K. Steiner, SAM – HYM – B009648 , SAMC ; 1♀, 15 km NW Calvinia , 1000m, 26.ix.1997, leg. M. Kuhlmann, KTPC .

Etymology. Named after its preferred soil type, the dolerite.

Distribution ( Fig. 17 ). Records only exist for the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville and further east to the Calvinia area.

Floral visitation. Felicia australis , Senecio spec. (Asteraceae) , Homeria bifida (Iridaceae) , Ruschia spec. (Mesembryanthemaceae) , Oxalis spec. (Oxalidaceae) , Diascia cardiosepala ., D. disimulans , D. floribunda , D. macrophylla , D. nana , D. unilabiata (Scrophulariaceae) and Zygophyllum foetidum (Zygophyllaceae) .

P. doleritica is polylectic ( Timmermann & Kuhlmann 2008a).

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). viii–x.

Remarks. This species is treated as Patellapis new species 10 in Timmermann and Kuhlmann (2008b).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Patellapis (P.) doleritica, female: a. Head (scale=1mm); b. Scutum (scale=1mm); c. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); d. Metasomal terga (scale=1mm); e. Body (scale=1mm); f. Inner hind tibial spur (scale=100µm); g. Basitibial plate (scale=100µm).

FIGURE 13. Patellapis (P.) doleritica, male: a. Head (scale=1mm); b. Scutum (scale=1mm); c. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); d. Metasomal terga (scale=1mm); e. Metasomal sterna (scale=1mm); f. Metasomal sterna S7 and S8, ventral view (scale=0,5mm); g. Genitalia, dorsal view (scale=0,5mm); h. Genitalia, lateral view (scale=0,5mm).

FIGURE 17. Distributions of P. cincticauda, P. doleritica and P. impunctata.