Rasnitsynitilla invreai Lelej

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 29-30

Rasnitsynitilla invreai Lelej , sp. nov.

(Figs 19, 20)

Diagnosis

Diagnostic characters are mentioned in the key below.

Description

MALE. Body length 4.0 mm. Relative width of head and thorax including tegulae 4.5: 5.3. POD: OOD 1.5X. Flagellomeres short, relation of pedicel and first three flagellomeres 0.3: 0.5: 0.9: 0.9. Pronotum anteriorly with rounded humeri. Forewing with small chitinized pterostigma, and very short radial cell, venation as in Fig. 19. Tegula glabrous. Propodeum reticulate, dorsally with median triangular cell. Pronotum dorsally, mesoscutum, and scutellum with dense shallow punctures. T1 width 1.1X T1 length. S1 carinate. T2 and S2 densely punctate, punctures larger on S2. T7 mostly glabrous.

Head, mesosoma, and metasomal segments 1–3 yellowish­red. Other metasomal segments darkened, apical segment yellowish­brown. Mandible yellowish­red with dark teeth. Palps whitish. Antennae yellowish­red. Legs yellowish­red, tarsi whitish. Tegulae pale yellow. Forewing hyaline with weak infuscate patch beyond radial cell. Head, mesosoma, metasoma, and legs with sparse erect and recumbent yellowish setae. T1–T6 and S2–S6 with weak apical fringes of yellowish setae. Lateral felt line of T2 and S2 yellowish.

FEMALE.Unknown.

Type material

Holotype ɗ, Yemen, Mayfa’ah, 26–28.V.1998, LT, AvH & M. Afif [ ZMAN].

Distribution

Yemen.

Etymology

This species is dedicated to Fabio Invrea (1884–1968), who studied Mediterranean and Afrotropical Mutillidae and Bradynobaenidae .