Szepligetella sp., Bradley, 1908

Ramage, Thibault & Jouault, Corentin, 2020, New species and records of Evanioidea and Stephanoidea from New Caledonia (Hymenoptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 723, pp. 1-32 : 17-18

Szepligetella sp.

Fig. 6 D–E

Material examined

NEW CALEDONIA • 1♂; Grande Terre, Province Sud, Thio, Bwa Bwi ; 21°46′30.89″ S, 166°17′26.66″ E; alt. 893 m; 9–24 Nov. 2016; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°COM-MAL4; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°46′33.20″ S, 166°17′11.43″ E; alt. 835 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°COMMAL5; MNHN • 1 ♂; Grande Terre, Province Sud, Yaté, Ouinné ; 21°59′56.61″ S, 166°37′30.82″ E; alt. 190 m; 15 Nov.–2 Dec. 2016; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°OUI-MAL2; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°59′56.65″ S, 166°37′33.88″ E; alt. 187 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n° OUIMAL; MNHN • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°59′53.88″ S, 166°37′31.44″ E; alt. 190 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°OUI-MAL4; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°59′51.97″ S, 166°37′32.08″ E; alt. 192 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°OUI-MAL5; MNHN • 1 ♂; Grande Terre, Province Nord, Poya, Aoupinié ; 21°10′41.08″ S, 165°17′5.67″ E; alt. 912 m; 11–26 Oct. 2017; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°AOU-MAL1; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°10′43.86″ S, 165°16′35.97″ E; alt. 893 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°AOU-MAL3; MNHN • 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°10′45.62″ S, 165°16′35.07″ E; alt. 881 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°AOU-MAL4; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21°10′45.44″ S, 165°16′36.80″ E; alt. 886 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°AOU-MAL5; MNHN • 1 ♂; Grande Terre, Province Nord, Poindimié, Katalupaik ; 20°50′3.44″ S, 165°0′25.27″ E; alt. 783 m; 14–29 Oct. 2017; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL2; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 20°50′0.31″ S, 165°0′24.33″ E; alt. 808 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL3; MNHN • 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 20°49′58.76″ S, 165°0′23.58″ E; alt. 823 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL4; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 20°49′56.17″ S, 165°0′27.64″ E; alt. 787 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL5; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 20°50′6.79″ S, 165°0′25.27″ E; alt. 765 m; 30 Oct.–3 Nov. 2017; C. Villemant leg.; yellow pan trap n°KAT8-YPT1; MNHN .

Remarks The unidentified males of Szepligetella collected during the 2016 and 2017 “Our Planet Reviewed”

expeditions are listed here. Based on the identification key and diagnoses in Balhoff et al. (2013) these males belong to either S. irwini or S. levipetiolata . The only criteria to separate the males of these species is the presence or absence of long setae. The males examined show a great variability in head pilosity, as well as size (BL from 3.9 to 7.4 mm) or coloration of front leg (from totally black to tibia and tarsomeres orange). We prefer here to not assign these males to either S. irwini or S. levipetiolata . The use of DNA barcoding would be of great help to determine males of Szepligetella and redefine the species delimitations.

Figures

Fig. 6. Evaniidae (MNHN). A. Szepligetella deercreeki Deans & Mikó, 2013. B. Szepligetella irwini Deans & Mikó, 2013. C. Szepligetella levipetiolata (Turner, 1919). D. Male 1 (indet.) from Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL4. E. Male 2 (indet.) from Malaise trap n°KAT8-MAL3. Scale bars = 1 mm.