Rasnitsynitilla brachyptera Lelej

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 28-29

Rasnitsynitilla brachyptera Lelej , sp. nov.

(Figs 17, 18)

Diagnosis

Diagnostic characters are mentioned in the key below.

Description

MALE. Body length 3.6–4.0 mm. Relative width of head and thorax including tegulae 4.7: 5.3. POD: OOD 0.67–0.72X. Flagellomeres short (Fig. 18), 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, venation as in Fig. 17. Tegula with shallow punctures. Propodeum reticulate, dorsally with elongate median triangular cell. Pronotum dorsally, mesoscutum, and scutellum with shallow punctures. T1 width 1.2X T1 length. S1 carinate. T2 and S2 densely punctate, punctures larger on S2. T7 with glabrous area in apical half.

Head, mesosoma, segment 1 of metasoma, and legs yellowish­red. Mandible yellowish­red with dark teeth. Palps whitish. Scape and pedicel yellowish­red; flagellomeres brownish, reddish beneath. Tegulae concolorous with mesosoma. Forewing hyaline. 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, Lahj, 17.V.–15.VI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam [ RMNH]. Paratypes. Yemen: 10 ɗ with the same label as holotype [ RMNH, IBSS]; Lahj, 15–30.VI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 5 ɗ [ RMNH]; VII.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [ RMNH]; IX.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ RMNH]; XI.2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ RMNH].

Distribution

Yemen.

Etymology

Brachyptera is derived from the Greek adjective brachys, pertaining to short and the noun pteron (plural ptera), pertaining to wing (wings), referring to its short forewings.