Skorikovia bactriana Lelej, 2024

Lelej, Arkady S., 2024, Revision of the Palaearctic genus Skorikovia Ovtchinnikov, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 52-72 : 57

2. Skorikovia bactriana Lelej , sp. nov.

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Smicromyrme (s. str.) elongata : Lelej & Kabakov 1980: 194, ♂, part. ( Afghanistan).

Diagnosis. MALE. Inner metacoxal carina without apical tooth. Ocelli large, diameter of anterior ocellus 1.5–2.0 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus. Volsellar cuspis wide, apically curved inside. Basivolsella with distinct external lobe. Body length 7.2–12.0 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.

Description. MALE. Body length 7.2–12.0 mm. Head. Head width 0.8 × mesosoma width (including tegulae), converging behind eyes (in dorsal view). Occipital carina visible above. Clypeus more or less smooth with few setae, median triangular part bordered by weak carinae, each ending in tubercle. Scape clearly bicarinate below. Ocelli large, POD:OOD 1.2 ×; diameter of anterior ocellus 1.5–2.0 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus. Length of F1 equal to its width. Ratio of pedicel and F1–3 1.0:1.3:2.8:2.5. Antennal-ocular carina well developed, curved, with distinct tubercle. Mandible tridentate with curved upper carina, subbasal ventral tooth dilated. Frons dense, vertex sparsely punctate. Mesosoma . Mesosomal humeral angles rounded. Mesoscutum with complete notauli and short parapsids. Posterolateral scutal carina well developed. Posterior coxae carinate medially, carina not denticulate apically. Tegulae not protruding beyond scuto-scutellar suture, shiny, glabrous, with few punctures medially and anterad. Propodeum gently sloping, with dorsal basomedial elongate cell limited posterad by transverse carina. Forewing venation as in Fig. 10 . Metasoma. S1 carinate inferiorly. T2 with long whitish lateral felt line, such line twice shorter on S2. T2 disk spasely punctate. T7 without median emargination apically, densely punctate, sparser apically. S8 (hypopygium) not concave, punctate throughout. Basivolsella with distinct outer lobe, cuspis curved inwards ( Fig. 8 ). Coloration. Head black with reddish brown clypeus. Antennae brownish. Mandibles brownish red with black tip. Mesosoma ferruginous. Legs ferruginous-red with darker coxae and femora. Metasoma black with brownish S1 and S8. Wings hyaline with brown and pale brown veins, forewing (distal to cells) slightly infuscate. Body and legs covered with subpressed short and scattered long erect pale setae, black on disc of T2 and T5–7. T1 and S2–4 with apical sparse whitish fringe. Posterior margin of T2 and T3–4 with band of whitish setae.

Material examined. (16♂). Holotype, ♂, Afghanistan, Central Afghanistan, Hazarajat, Pass Kunak , 3200 m, mountain forest-steppe, 29.VII.1970, O. Kabakov [ IBSS] . Paratypes: Afghanistan, Nuristan, Kamdesh, 1400-2200 m, 15-20.IX.1971, 1♂, O. Kabakov [ IBSS]; Afghanistan, Mayden Wardak Prov., SW of Kabul, Chak-i-Vardak , 10–12.VII.1971, 1♂, O. Kabakov [ IBSS]; Tajikistan, Hissar Range , Varsob valley , on light, 29.VII.1978, 1♂, A. Zykov [ IBSS]; Tajikistan, north end of Vakhsh Range , 3 km south of Nurung , on light, 10.VIII.2006, 2♂, S. Ovtchinnikov [ ZIN]; Tajikistan, Tigrovaya Balka reserve , Korolevskaia Dacha , on light, 1– 3.VIII, 1.IX.2006, 10♂, S. Ovtchinnikov [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Tajikistan.

Etymology. The specific name originates from the Bactria or Bactriana, an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area in the north of modern Afghanistan, referring to the area where this species is found. Treat as a noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Skorikovia males. 1–7. S. maxim sp. nov. 1, 2, 7. Holotype; 3–6. Paratypes (5—from Iran, Baluchestan). 8. S. bactriana sp. nov., holotype. 9–10. S. elongata (9. Kazakhstan, Kzyl-Orda Region; 10. Kyrgyzstan). 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2, 10. Habitus, dorsal view; 3, 5, 8, 9. Genitalia, ventral view; 4. Genitalia, dorsal view; 6. T6–7; 7. Head, face view.