Paglianotilla hogenesi Lelej

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 25-27

Paglianotilla hogenesi Lelej , sp. nov.

( Figs 12–16 )

Diagnosis

The male of the new species can be easily separated from that of the undescribed species from South Africa in having a central silvery setal spot on T2 and in lacking large propleural tooth ventrally.

Description

MALE. Body length 4.8–8.8 mm. Relative width of head and thorax including tegulae 5.3: 6.0. POD: OOD 0.75–1.0X. Frons with strong antennal scrobes. Prementum not tuberculate. Hypostomal bridge without projection. Relation of pedicel and first three flagellomeres in lateral view 0.6: 0.7: 1.7: 1.8, in dorsal view 0.6: 1.2: 1.6: 1.7. Pronotum anteriorly straight. Tegula strongly sculptured. Propodeum reticulate, dorsally with large median triangular cell. Pronotum dorsally, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate. Carina on S1 with sharp tooth posteriorly. T2 and S2 densely punctate, punctures larger on S2. T7 densely punctate throughout. Hypopygium weakly bi­emarginated. Genitalia and penial valves as in Figs 15, 16 .

Head, mesosoma, and metasoma black. Mandible black, reddish preapically. Antenna black, brown beneath. Tegulae brownish­red. Legs brown to reddish­brown. Forewing weakly infuscated. Frons, antennal scrobes, clypeus, and genae with dense silvery setae, pronotum with sparser silvery setae. Mesopleura with dense silvery setae. Mesoscutum with black setae. Tegulae with whitish setae. Scutellum with sparse erect whitish setae. Tegulae posteriorly, axillae, metanotum and allied narrow part of propodeum with dense short recumbent silvery setae. T1–T2 posteriorly and whole of T3 with bands of silvery setae narrowed on T3. T2 with central large spot of silvery setae ( Fig. 12 ). Lateral felt line of T2 yellowish. Metasoma beneath with sparse whitish setae, S2–S6 with apical fringes of whitish setae.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Type material

Holotype ɗ, Yemen, 12 km NW Manakhah, 15.IX–22.X.2003, MT, AvH [ RMNH]. Paratypes. 1 ɗ with the same label as holotype [ RMNH]; Yemen, 12 km NW Manakhah, 3.VII–21.VIII.2001, MT, AvH, 10 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; 15.V–23.VI.2003, MT, AvH, 11 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; 24.VI–4.VIII.2003, MT, AvH, 3 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; 4.VIII–15.IX.2003, MT, AvH, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; Lahj, 1.IV–17.V.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ ZMAN]; 17.V.–15.VI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [ RMNH]; 15–30.VI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 5 ɗ [ RMNH]; VII.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 4 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; VIII.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; IX.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; XI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [ RMNH]; 16.X–17.XII.2000, MT, AvH & A.M. Hager, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; II.2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ RMNH]; III.2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; I– 9.IV.2001, MT, AvH & A.M. Hager, 2 ɗ [ ZMAN]; IV.2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; V.2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [ RMNH, IBSS]; 17.XII.2001 – 31.I.2002, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 4 ɗ [ RMNH]; III–V.2002, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 7 ɗ [ RMNH]; Al Kowd, 15–28.II.1993, AvH, MT, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN].

Distribution

Yemen.

Etymology

This species is dedicated to Willem Hogenes, curator of the Hymenoptera collection in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 16. 11. Dentilla ehrenbergi sp. nov., male, holotype. Genitalia, left part, inner view. 12 – 16. Paglianotilla hogenesi sp. nov., male, paratype. 12. Metasoma, dorsal view; 13. Pedicel and flagellomeres 1 – 3; 14. Mandible, dorsal view; 15. Genitalia, ventral view; 16. Penial valves, ventral view. Scale = 1 mm for 12 and 0.5 mm for 11, 13, and 15.