Pristaulacus smithi TURRISI , 2006

F, Giuseppe, 2017, Additions to the Afrotropical Aulacidae (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1117-1124 : 1120-1123

Pristaulacus smithi TURRISI, 2006 ( Figs 3 -5)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Namibia: Erongo province, 1-5 km E from Usako, 21°58' S, 15°36'E, 900 m a.s.l., 14.III.2014, 13, J. Halada leg. (OLML). Botswana: Kasane environs, 29.XII–7.I.1997, 1♀, M. Snizek leg. (NMW). Republic of South Africa: Limpopo, Thabazimbi, 21.XII.2008, 1♀, M. Snizek leg. (OLML).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Republic of

South Africa.

I d e n t i f i c a t i o n. Length: 9.0-11.0 mm (female), 10.6-11.0-mm (male); fore wing length: 5.5-8.0 mm (female); 5.4-5.6 mm (male). Colour blackish with clypeus, malar area, basal half of mandible, pronotum, most of propleuron, anterolateral corner of mesonotum, small spot on upper mesopleuron, reddish orange, fore wing hyaline with narrow, dark brown band from stigma reaching the posterior margin (reduced to obsolescent in some specimens), and a small apical dark brown spot, setae mostly silvery. Head 1.3 ൈ wider than long (dorsal view), occipital carina narrow, about 0.2 ൈ as diameter of an ocellus, antenna 0.6 ൈ as fore wing length (0.4 ൈ in male). Mesosoma coarsely sculptured, pronotum with forward tooth-like processes just above mid-length of lateroventral margin, mesoscutum bearing three pairs of triangular upward processes, scutellum with one pair of similar processes, fore wing with vein 2-rs+m long, hind coxa moderately elongate, with transverse inner groove (ovipositor guide) placed subbasally, hind basitarsus very swollen, 6.5 ൈ longer than wide (3.9 ൈ in male) and 1.7 ൈ longer than tarsomeres 2-5 (1.8 ൈ in male), tarsal claws with three serrated tooth-like processes along inner margin. Metasoma moderately compressed, pyriform, petiole elongate 5.8 ൈ longer than wide (5.0 ൈ in male), ovipositor 0.6 ൈ longer than fore wing length, apex distinctly broadened.

Fig. 5: Distribution of Afrotropical species of Aulacidae (based also on previous data from TURRISI 2006): a = Pristaulacus africanus (BRUES, 1924) ; b = Pristaulacus pilatoi TURRISI, 2006; c = Pristaulacus smithi TURRISI, 2006 ; d = Pristaulacus thoracicus (WESTWOOD, 1841) ; e = Pristaulacus irenae (MADL, 1990) ; f = Pristaulacus rex (BENOIT, 1984) .

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Fig. 3: Pristaulacus smithi TURRISI, 2006, female, habitus: (3a) dorsal view; (3b) lateral view.