Aulacus mareebaensis Jennings & Austin, 2018
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4538.1.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E4D8D897-3CBE-4FA6-95C3-143A945229A4 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3798418 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E4187A0-1768-4E34-FF54-F983FA00FD1C |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Aulacus mareebaensis Jennings & Austin |
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sp. nov. |
Aulacus mareebaensis Jennings & Austin , sp. nov.
Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 , 62 View FIGURE 62 .
Material examined. Holotype. ♀, “ ex Malaise Trap, 16km Davies Ck, Rd Mareeba NEQ, 6Nov -2Dec 1984, Storey & Halfpapp ( ASCU). Left fore leg missing tarsomeres 3–5, right leg missing tarsi, left mid leg missing femora, tibia and tarsus.
Description. FEMALE. Length. 7.5 mm, excluding ovipositor.
Colour. Orange ( Figs 32A, B View FIGURE 32 ), except darker dorsally on most surfaces, scape and pedicel orange, antennal flagellomeres 1–5 brown, 6–12 cream, basal 5 th of metasomal T1 dark brown dorsally, ovipositor sheath brown, with cream band from about 50–80% of length of sheaths. Wings hyaline except for broad band of brown infuscation apically on the marginal and third submarginal cells of fore wings ( Fig. 32B View FIGURE 32 ).
Head. 1.1× wider than long when viewed dorsally ( Fig. 32C View FIGURE 32 ); face rugose, scattered short setae, distinct subantennal groove; frons without lateral medial carinae above toruli, rugose, punctures laterally, scattered short setae; vertex and gena, scattered punctures and a few strigations medially, imbricate microsculpturing, scattered short setae; gena becoming smoother ventrally; posterior margin of head concave in dorsal view; occipital carina absent; malar space 0.24× height eye; clypeus 3.5× as wide as high, margin sinuate, medial process present; distance from lateral ocellus to eye margin 0.83× distance between lateral ocelli; scape 1.6× length pedicel; first flagellomere 1.06× as long as scape, 0.4× as long as second flagellomere.
Mesosoma. Propleuron rugose, long scattered setae ventro-lateral carina present; pronotum rugose; mesoscutum in lateral view angular antero-dorsally, medial and lateral lobes coarsely strigate, with scattered short setae ( Figs 32C,E View FIGURE 32 ), admedial lines present; notauli distinct, carinate, narrow and deep ( Fig. 32D View FIGURE 32 ); scutellum and axillae coarsely strigate, scutellum with two deep depressions, separated by a weak median carina; metapostnotum broad, carinate, posterior margin convex; mesopleuron rugose dorsally, areolate ventrally, pubescence long; mesepimeron broad, carinate; metapleuron areolate, scattered short setae, patch anteriorly before spiracle smooth; propodeum areolate, posterior margin rugose medially, smoother with several carinae laterally; hind coxa strigate dorsally and laterally, scattered short setae, ovipositor guide somewhat medial, oblique, long setae on posterior margin ( Fig. 32F View FIGURE 32 ); hind trochanter imbricate, pubescence short; prefemur on hind leg distinct; hind femur imbricate, pubescence short; hind tibia imbricate, pubescence short, with scattered stout emergent setae; hind femur 0.72× length hind tibia; hind tibia with ventro-apical pecten of short robust spines; hind tarsomeres 1–4 with ventro-apical pecten of short robust spines, tarsomere 1, 2.6× length tarsomere 2; tarsomere 2, 1.7× length tarsomere 3; tarsomere 3, 2.1× length tarsomere 4; tarsomere 4, 1.0× length tarsomere 5; hind tarsal claw 0.57× length tarsomere 5; fore wing veins 2r-m and 3r-m largely spectral; hind wing venation complete, M+Cu, Cu, r-m and 2-M spectral, with 3 equidistant hamuli.
Metasoma. Ovate, 1.5× length of mesosoma ( Fig. 32B View FIGURE 32 ); T1 and T2 narrow, T1 smooth, glabrous, T2–T8 imbricate, short setae, become denser towards T8; ovipositor 5.7 mm.
MALE. Unknown.
Etymology. This new species is named after the type locality, Mareeba, Queensland.
Distribution. This species is known only from Mareeba, Queensland ( Fig. 62 View FIGURE 62 ).
Biology. Nothing is known of the biology of this species.
Comments. This species keys out in together with A. confusus . See comments above under the latter species.
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Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit |
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