Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart, 1999

Breitkreuz, Laura C. V., Ohl, Michael & Engel, Michael S., 2016, A review of the New Caledonian Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), Zootaxa 4063 (1), pp. 1-66 : 58

Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart, 1999

( Figs. 95–96 )

Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart, 1999: 108 [♀♂: holotype MNHN].

Diagnosis. Arpactophilus schlingeri is the only New Caledonian species in the genus with the combination of mandible that does not reach the opposite mandibular base ( Fig. 95 ) and a basally red and apically black metasoma ( Fig. 96 ) with a bulge on sternum II (as in Fig. 2 ). Other distinctive characters are the form of the black clypeus, with one larger lateral and one smaller medial tooth in combination with the projecting labrum with 3 lobed (6 lobes, including both sides) ( Fig. 95 ).

Material examined. 2♀: (1x) PARATYPE Bohart 1999 “ NEW CALEDONIA Rivere Bleue Prov. Pk. 30km NW Yaté, 270m, 27 December 1991, M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb; Malaise Trap across forest path” [ UCDC]; (1x) “ NEW CALEDONIA 9960: 22°06’S x 166°39’E, 160m, Riv. Bleue, Panoramic track 20 Sep–11 Nov 2000. Burwell & Skevington. Malaise” [QM].

Figures

FIGURES 95 – 100. Facial views and lateral habitus of ♀ holotypes (except for Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart and A. scutellaris Bohart) of species of Arpactophilus Smith. 95. A. schlingeri, facial view; 96. A. schlingeri, lateral habitus; 97. A. scutellaris, facial view; 98. A. scutellaris, lateral habitus; 99. A. tayo sp. nov., facial view; 100. A. tayo, lateral habitus.

FIGURES 1 – 4. Line drawings of metasomata and forewings of New Caledonian species of Arpactophilus Smith. 1. Metasoma in profile of ♀ of Arpactophilus merle sp. nov., arrow indicates unmodified metasomal sternum II; 2. Metasoma in profile of ♀ of A. irwini Bohart, arrow indicates ventrally swollen metasomal sternum II. 3. Forewing of ♀ of A. irwini; ps: pterostigma, sz I: submarginal cell I, sz II: submarginal cell II. 4, Forewing of ♀ of A. caledonicus Bohart; ps: pterostigma, sz I: submarginal cell I.