Skorikovia anatolica Lelej

Lelej, Arkady S. & Yildirim, Erol, 2009, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey, Zootaxa 2160 (1), pp. 1-28 : 17-19

Skorikovia anatolica Lelej , sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. In the genus Skorikovia a new species belongs to group with medium sized ocelli, the posterior side of 2 r-m cell not thickened, and the volsella having a deep basal emargination. Skorikovia . anatolica , sp. nov., differs from the species of this group ( S. pliginskiji , S. transcaucasica ) by having the clypeus with two strong longitudinal slightly curved carinae that border the median part and each of them ending in a strong denticle anteriorly. It can be distinguished from S. pliginskiji (Lelej) [holotype is examined, deposited in ZIN] by having the posterior coxal carina edentate (dentate in S. pliginskiji ), by having very long basivolsellar setae (short in S. pliginskiji ), by having ferruginous-red antennae, vertex and occiput (black in S. pliginskiji ). The new species differs from S. transcaucasica (Lelej) [holotype is examined, deposited in ZIN] by having distinct median emargination on the posterior border of tergum 7 (straight posterior border in S. transcaucasica ), by having ferruginous-red antennae and propodeum (black in S. transcaucasica ), by having shorter ocelloccipital distance (1.5X ocellocular distance in S. transcaucasica ).

Description. MALE. Body length 8.8-10.4 mm. Head width 0.71X thorax width including tegulae, more or less quadrangular behind the eyes (in dorsal view). Occipital carina visible above. Clypeus with two strong longitudinal slightly curved carinae that border median part and each of them ends anterad by strong denticle. Scape distinctly bicarinate beneath. Ocelli medial size ( Fig. 4 ), ratio postocellar distance: ocellocular distance 0.75X. Ocelloccipital distance (between posterior ocellus and occipital carina) 1.25X ocellocular distance. Flagellomere 1 length equals its width. Relation of pedicel and three first flagellomeres 0.8: 1.0: 2.3: 2.2 ( Fig. 5 ). Maxillar palps more than 2X mandibular length. Antenno-ocular carina well developed with distinct tubercle. Mandible tridentate with curved upper carina, excised beneath, subbasal ventral tooth dilated. Frons and vertex densely punctate. Mesosoma length 1.45X maximal pronotal width, humeral angles rounded. Mesoscutum with complete notauli and short parapsidal furrows. Parascutal carinae well developed. Posterior coxae carinate inside, carina not dentate apically. Tegulae not protruding beyond scuto-scutellar suture, shiny, glabrous, with a few punctures inside and anterad. Propodeum reticulate with median elongated cell on dorsum. Forewing venation as Fig. 2 . Metasomal sternum 1 carinate beneath. Tergum 2 with long lateral brownish felt line. Sternum 2 with much shorter lateral felt line. Metasomal segment 2 densely punctate. Tergum 7 with weak but distinct median emargination apically, punctate with narrow median glabrous area. Sternum 8 (hypopygium) concave, in apical half glabrous shiny with lateral tuft of strong brownish setae. Genitalia ventrally and dorsally as Fig. 3 .

Vertex, occiput, mesosoma, except mesopleuron and lateral propodeal sides, tegulae ferruginous-red. Antennae ferruginous-red with brown scape and pedicel. Mandibles black with brownish-red preapical part. Palps brown. Legs black with ferruginous-red fore tarsi, brownish-red tibiae, mid and hind tarsi. Other parts of head black. Propleuron, mesopleuron and lateral propodeal parts black. Metasoma black with brownish sternum 8. Mid- and hind spurs whitish. Wings hyaline with brown and pale brown veins, forewing (distally of cells) slightly infuscated. Body and legs clothed with subappressed short and scattered long erect pale pubescence, black on disc of tergum 2 and terga 6 and 7. Metasomal tergum 1 and sterna 2-5 with apical sparse whitish fringe. Felt lines on tergum 2 and sternum 2 golden. Posterior border of tergum 2 and terga 3-5 with band of whitish pubescence.

FEMALE unknown.

Type material. Holotype – ♂, Ankara: Şereflikoçhisar , 8.VII.1998, 1 ♂ (identified by G. Pagliano as Physetopoda sp. ) [ EMET] . Paratype – ♂, Erzincan: 1250 m, 18.VII.1997 (identified by G. Pagliano as Skorikovia pliginskiji ) [ IBSS] .

Distribution. Turkey (Ankara, Erzincan).

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective derived from Anatolia, the region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey, referring to the region where the species has been found.

Figures

FIGURES 2–10. 2–5. Skorikovia anatolica sp. nov., male, holotype. 2: Forewing; 3: Genitalia (right part ventral view, left part dorsal view); 4: Head; 5: Scape, pedicel and flagellomeres 1–3. 6. S. pliginskiji, male, paratype. 7, 8. S. elongata, male. 7: Genitalia (right part ventral view, left part dorsal view); 8: Forewing. 9. S. transcaucasica, male, holotype. Volsella, dorsal view. 10. S. radoszkovskii. Volsella, dorsal view. Scale = 1 mm for 2–5. (6–10 from Lelej 1985).