Ecrizotes brevicauda Mitroiu, 2024

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Andriescu, Ionel & Manic, Gheorghe, 2024, The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of Ecrizotes Förster (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 1-37 : 10-12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2745
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14284767
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87A8-FFE0-FF9A-FDD7-FAA1FE9C0087
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ecrizotes brevicauda Mitroiu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Ecrizotes brevicauda Mitroiu sp. nov.

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Fig. 2 View Fig

Diagnosis

Female

All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 anelliform ( Fig. 2E View Fig ); ventral margin of clypeus strongly convex ( Fig. 2D View Fig ); head in frontal view with gena buccate ( Fig. 2C View Fig ); hind tibia length almost 7× width; gaster shorter than combined length of head and mesosoma, moderately compressed laterally ( Fig. 2A View Fig ); tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 7I View Fig ); ovipositor sheath length about 0.01 × length of hind tibia.

Male

Hind tibia slightly widened, length 4.4–4.7 × width ( Fig. 2B View Fig ). Funicular segments wider than long ( Fig. 2F View Fig ). Fore wing with upper side of basal cell having one irregular row of setae plus several additional ones near basal vein.

Etymology

The species name refers to the very short ovipositor that characterizes the females of this species (from the Latin words ‛ brevis ’ = ‛short’ and ‛ cauda ’ = ‛tail’; noun in apposition).

Type material

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; “S. Africa. / R.E. Turner. / Brit. Mus. / 1921-450 // Mossel Bay, / Cape Province. / October, 1921.”; NHMUK.

Allotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “S. Africa / R.E. Turner. / Brit. Mus. / 1921-412 // Mossel Bay , / Cape Province. / Sept, 1921.”; NHMUK.

Additional paratypes

SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂; same data as for allotype; NHMUK .

Description

Female holotype

Body length: 0.75 mm. Colour as in Fig. 2 View Fig . Head in frontal view with vertex protruding between posterior ocelli ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Gena buccate ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Ventral margin of clypeus strongly convex ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Upper face smooth except rare piliferous punctures ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Length of pedicel plus flagellum shorter than head width. All funicular segments wider than long, Fu3 anelliform, barely visible ( Fig. 2E View Fig ). Mesosoma dorsally almost flat ( Fig. 2A View Fig ). Pronotum about as long as mesoscutum ( Fig. 2G View Fig ). Basal cell of fore wing with a few scattered setae on upper side ( Fig. 2H View Fig ). MV about 3 × SV. Hind tibia length about 6.6 × width. Gaster shorter than combined length of head and mesosoma, moderately compressed laterally ( Fig. 2A View Fig ). Tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 6I View Fig ). Ovipositor sheath length about 0.01 × length of hind tibia.

Male allotype

Body length: 0.9 mm. Differs from the female holotype in the structure of the antenna (see generic diagnosis) and in the characters stated in the above species diagnosis. Additionally, the mesosoma is more convex and the pronotum is shorter than the mesoscutum ( Fig. 2B View Fig ).

Variation

Male

Hind tibia length 4.4–4.7 × width.

Distribution

South Africa.

Hosts

Unknown.

Taxonomic comments

This species is somewhat similar to E. monticola , from which it differs mainly in the characters given in the key.