Paramblynotus vannoorti Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007

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Paramblynotus vannoorti Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander Figures 30 A-F

Paramblynotus vannoorti Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007: 69-70. Holotype female in Iziko South African Museum (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa, Bathurst, Waters Meeting Nature Reserve, 33°32'S, 26°47'E.

Additional material examined.

1F: Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°52'59.723"S, 37°52'34.631"E, 30.xii.1995, G. McGavin, Tree canopy fogging, 3/3, Acacia nilotica , SAM-HYM-P025010 (SAMC); 7F, 2M: Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°52'59.723"S, 37°52'34.631"E, 30.xii.1995, G. McGavin, Tree canopy fogging, 3/2, Acacia reficiens , SAM-HYM-P025011 (SAMC; USNM); 1F: Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°57'39.399"S, 37°51'44.229"E, 6.i.1996, G. McGavin, Tree canopy fogging, 3/37, Commiphora campestris , SAM-HYM-P025012 (SAMC); 2F: Kenya, Eastern Prov., Samburu Nature Reserve, nr Ewaso Ng’iro River, 874m, 0.56797°N, 37.53563°E, Malaise trap, riverine forest next to headquarters, 18.IX-2.X.2007, R. Copeland (NMKE; USNM); 1F: Kenya, Eastern Prov., Njuki-ini Forest, nr. forest station, 1455m, 0.51660°S, 37.4184°E, Malaise trap just inside indigenous forest, 28.V-11.VI.2007, R. Copeland (RCPC).

Previously only known from the holotype female ( Figs 30 A-F ), we provide a description of male character states where they differ from those in the female.

MALE. Length 1.5mm. Very similar to female, except for longer abdominal petiole, 1.54 × as wide as long in dorsal view, as long as high in lateral view. Tergite 5 laterally expanded and by far the largest tergite, latero-medially 1.5 × longer than all other tergites combined. First flagellomere 1.5 × length of second, slightly wider distally, excavated laterally.

Biology.

The Holotype was collected while feeding at flowers of Schotia afra L. (Karoo boer-bean), a tree in the family Fabaceae (subfamily Caesalpinioideae ).

Distribution.

Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.

Figures

Figure 30. Paramblynotus vannoorti, holotype female. A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head and mesosoma, lateral view D head and mesosoma, dorsal view E head anterior view F metasoma, lateral view.