Astata lubricata Nurse, 1903

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2023, Astata Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae) from Africa, south of the Sahara, Contributions to Entomology 73 (2), pp. 251-267 : 251

Astata lubricata Nurse, 1903

Type.

♀ lectotype, India, Gujarat, Deesa ; des. Pulawski (1975) (BMNH) .

Astata eremita Pulawski, 1959; ♂ holotype, Egypt, Gebel Elba (synonymised by Pulawski 1975) .

Material.

Ethiopia • 2 ♂♂ ; Oromia State, SOF Omar ; 1200 m alt.; 06°54'20"N, 40°51'03"E; 20.4.2016; J. Halada leg.; OLML . - Kenya • 1 ♂ ; Voi ( Tsavo ) env.; 22.11- 2.12.1996; Mi. Halada leg. • 2 ♂♂ ; Kenya SC, Voi env., Sagal env.; 750 m alt.; 13- 19.11.2011; Snižek leg.; OLML, JACOBS .

Description male.

Habitus. Dorsal Fig. 1 , lateral Fig. 2 . Body length 9 mm. Head. Black with white setae on face, gena and occiput (Fig. 3 ). Gena moderately shining, densely punctate; occiput densely punctate. Mandible black, mesally extensive red with some dark bristles, outer margin with obtuse edge basally. Middle clypeal lobe protruding, spoon-like, anterior margin about as wide as inner distance of antennal insertions, with little tubercles laterally (Fig. 4 ). Antenna. Black. Antennomere III about 4 × as long as apically wide and 1.3 × as long as IV. Middle antennomeres with black carinate tyloids, the latter with pale tubercles basally, in profile nearly cylindrical (Fig. 5 ). Thorax. Black, pronotal lobe and tegula ivory. All parts with short white pubescence. Pronotal collar with transverse striae laterally and densely punctate medially. Mesoscutum very densely punctate in proximal half, distally with more scattered punctures. Mesoscutellum smooth, densely punctate distally and laterally. Upper surface of mesopleuron densely punctate, in lower surface more scattered. Wings. Basal sclerite ivory. Veins dark brown. Forewings obscurely brownish. Marginal cell about 3.3 × as long as maximal width. Legs. Red; all coxae, trochanters and basal third of forefemur black. Midcoxa interior rounded. Hindcoxa and -trochanter without special characters. Propodeum. Black. Dorsal surface with white setae, dull, rugose-reticulate. Lateral and posterior surfaces more closely reticulate than dorsum, with long white setae. Metasoma. Red; tergum I basally, sternum I and round spot on base of sternum II black or sternum II completely red. Terga microscopically striated, tergum I with shallow punctures. Metasomal hairbrush strongly reduced, comprising only a few setae, less than half as long as those on sternum II.

Description female.

Habitus. Body length 9-10 mm. Head. Black, face with white setae. Mandible basally yellow-red, apically dark brown. Clypeal lamella tridentate. Frons and vertex dull, with large shallow punctures and dense microsculpture between them. Occiput with isolated shallow punctures, moderately shining, less developed, head behind the eyes strongly narrowed. Malar space very short, base of mandible almost touching eye margin. Antenna. Antennomere I inside with dark bristles, III about 4 × as long as apically wide. Thorax. Black. Pronotal collar with transverse striae, dull. Anterior third of mesoscutum rugose punctured and with short pale setae, posterior surface with scattered strong punctures. Mesoscutellum shiny with isolated punctures, laterally and distally densely punctate. Mesopleuron inclusive epimeron and prepectus faveolate, dull; ventral part with stiff dark and backward-facing bristles. Wings. Forewings hyaline, distally darkened. Marginal cell about 3 × as long as wide. Legs. Femora dark brown basally, tibiae and tarsi brown. Forebasitarsus with three long rake spines. Inner spine row of forebasitarsus continuously elongated towards apex, with fimbriae on complete length. Midbasitarsus ventrally with short spines, slightly elongated apically. Hindfemur ventrally with dark bristles, about as long as half femur diameter. Propodeum. Propodeal dorsum with white erected setae, irregularly reticulate. Stigmal area of propodeal dorsum straight. Lateral parts anterior smooth, posterior reticulate. Posterior vertical surface irregularly reticulate. Metasoma. Red. Pygidial plate brown, basally wide, apex strongly narrowed. Sterna with strong black bristles. Terga with fine reticulate microsculpture.

Distribution.

India, Iran ( Atbaei et al. 2015), Israel, United Arab Emirates ( Schmid-Egger 2014), Oman ( Guichard 1980), Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya.

Figures

Figures 1 - 18. 1 - 5. A. lubricata male: 1. Habitus dorsal; 2. Habitus lateral; 3. Head frontal; 4. Clypeus; 5. Antenna. 6 - 9. A. flavipennis male: 6. Habitus dorsal; 7. Habitus lateral; 8. Mesoscutum; 9. Antenna. 10. A. gracilicornis female: Pygidial plate (after Arnold 1924). 11 - 15. A. melanaria male: 11. Habitus dorsal; 12. Habitus lateral; 13. Head frontal; 14. Clypeus; 15. Antenna. 16 - 18. A. enslini male (after Pulawski 1959): 16. Clypeus; 17. Hindfemur; 18. Antenna.