Aulacus burwelli Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004

Figs 2, 12B

Aulacus burwelli Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004: 347 .

Material examined

NEW CALEDONIA • 2 ♀♀; Grande Terre, Province Nord, Poindimié, Katalupaik; 20°51′8.99″ S, 165°0′41.68″ E; alt. 307 m; 18 Oct.–2 Nov. 2017; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT3-MAL1; MNHN • 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20°51′11.12″ S, 165°0′34.66″ E; alt. 306 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT3-MAL3; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20°51′8.17″ S, 165°0′27.64″ E; alt. 320 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n°KAT3-MAL5; MNHN • 4 ♀♀; same collection

data as for preceding; 20°51′5.04″ S, 165°0′34.37″ E; alt. 305 m; E. Poirier leg.; Malaise trap n° KATMAL CAMP; MNHN.

Distribution

Aulacus burwelli is known from the type locality, Table Unio road (Jennings et al. 2004), and from Katalupaik (Fig. 12B).

Remarks

During the 2017 “Our Planet Reviewed” expedition, 11 females were collected in Malaise traps at Katalupaik, 110 km north-west of the type locality (Fig. 12B). These females range from 4.1 to 5.9 mm in total length. Based on these new specimens, the variability of color pattern of A. burwelli is: pronotum from completely yellow to yellow with the dorsal half brown; median lobe of mesoscutum from orange with a basal and transverse black stripe to orange with the basal half almost completely black; lateral lobes of mesoscutum from black to orange with a median black stripe; scutellum from black to black with two lateral orange spots; coxa III from yellow with base black to almost completely black with a variable amount of orange anteriorly and posteriorly; metasoma from largely orange with variable amount of black, especially dorsally, to almost black with some orange laterally; wings hyaline with the apex slightly infuscated; venation brown with pterostigma lighter medially.