Astata melanaria Cameron, 1905

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2023, Astata Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae) from Africa, south of the Sahara, Contributions to Entomology 73 (2), pp. 251-267 : 251

Astata melanaria Cameron, 1905

Type.

♂ holotype or syntypes, South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Dunbrody , 33°29'S, 25°33'E (BMNH) .

Material.

Republic of South Africa: • 1 ♂; N. Cape, SW of Sprinbok ; 04.11.1999; M. Halada leg.; OLML .

Description male.

Habitus. Dorsal Fig. 11 , lateral Fig. 12 . Body length 9-10 mm. Head. Black with dense white setae (Fig. 13 ). Mandible black, mesally red; outer surface distinctly bulged. Clypeal lamella produced into short triangular point (Fig. 14 ). Gena and occiput shiny, with distinct punctures and pale greyish setae. Antenna. Black, slender, antennomere III about 4 × as long as distally wide, VI 2 × as long as wide (Fig. 15 ). Antennomeres IV-X with flat and broad reddish tyloids, middle antennomeres convex in profile. Thorax. Black with white setation. Pronotal lobe black. Tegula pale yellow. Mesoscutum shiny, anterior surface densely and strongly punctate, posterior with scattered punctures. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny with isolated punctures, laterally with dense punctures. Mesopleuron densely punctate, moderately shiny. Wings. Basal sclerite pale yellow and brown. Forewing veins and pterostigma dark brown. Forewing with brown tinge in the area of veins, marginal and submarginal cells somewhat more darkened. Marginal cell about 5 × as long as maximal width. Legs. Black, foretibia with ivory spot basally, tarsi dark brown. Coxae, trochanters and femora with white setae. Propodeum. Dorsal, lateral and posterior surface with white setae, dull, strongly rugose. Metasoma. Black with white setae. Posterior margin of sterna III-VI with short pale setae. No distinct hairbrush developed.

Female unknown.

Figures

Figures 1 - 18. 1 - 5. A. lubricata male: 1. Habitus dorsal; 2. Habitus lateral; 3. Head frontal; 4. Clypeus; 5. Antenna. 6 - 9. A. flavipennis male: 6. Habitus dorsal; 7. Habitus lateral; 8. Mesoscutum; 9. Antenna. 10. A. gracilicornis female: Pygidial plate (after Arnold 1924). 11 - 15. A. melanaria male: 11. Habitus dorsal; 12. Habitus lateral; 13. Head frontal; 14. Clypeus; 15. Antenna. 16 - 18. A. enslini male (after Pulawski 1959): 16. Clypeus; 17. Hindfemur; 18. Antenna.