Patellapis (Chaetalictus) africana, Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009

Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, Zootaxa 2099, pp. 1-188 : 94-95

Patellapis (Chaetalictus) africana sp. n. Timmermann

( Figs. 61a–b )

Diagnosis. The male is similar to those of P. vumbensis , P. natalensis and P. turneri in having several (up to 20), erect bristles on the posterior margin of S4 and a hairy, dorso-lateral projection on the gonostylus. P. africana is characterised by a row of 14 erect bristles, a long, hairy, dorso-lateral projection on the gonostylus and a strongly and completely reticulate scutum. The female is unknown.

Description

Female. Unknown.

Male. Bl = 4,4–4,6mm. Head. L = 1,5mm; W = 1,6–1,7mm. Head slightly wider than long ( Fig. 61a ). Integument black except mandibles and malar area partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and vertex covered with erect, greyish hairs. Mandibles simple. Antennae brownish. Flagellomeres of normal structure (not knotty). A4 as long as A3. Mesosoma. L = 0,9mm; W (ITS) = 1,0mm. Integument black. Scutum slightly shiny; sparsely punctate (i = 2,5–3,0d); surface strongly reticulate. Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with greyish, erect hairs. Pronotal lobe brownishblack. Propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation slightly shiny and completely reticulate.

Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument reddish-brown. Vestiture greyish. Metasoma. L = 2,3–2,5mm; W = 1,3–1,4mm. Integument brownish-black except the margins of T brown to pallid brown; margins of T translucent. Apical plate broad; pointed apically. Posterior margin of S4 with a sparse row of 14 curled, erect bristles; lateral bristles enlarged. Metasomal sterna S5-S6 without dense hair patches. Genitalia. Genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 61b ; gonocoxa extensively dull; gonostylus with a dorso-lateral, long and slender, projection; projection with a sparse row of hairs.

Type material ( 2 specimens). Holotype, male, Free State, Van Reenen , 23.–26.i.1927, leg. R. E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1927–62, BMNH.

Paratypes: 1♂. South Africa. Free State : 1♂, Van Reenen, xii.1926, leg. R. E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1927–25, BMNH .

Etymology. Named for the African continent, where most species of the genus Patellapis occur.

Distribution ( Fig. 64). Only known from Van Reenen, Free State.

Floral visitation. Unknown.

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). i–xii.

Figures

FIGURE 61. Patellapis (Ch.) africana, male: a. Head (scale=0,5mm); b. Genitalia, dorsal view (scale=100µm).