Patellapis (Chaetalictus) gruenebergensis, Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009

Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, Zootaxa 2099, pp. 1-188 : 168-169

Patellapis (Chaetalictus) gruenebergensis sp. n. Timmermann

( Figs. 120a–f )

Diagnosis. The female is unknown. The male is unique among the subgenus Chaetalictus in having a very long and slender, apical projection on metasomal sterna S8.

Description

Female. Unknown.

Male. Bl = 5,3mm. General habitus ( Fig. 120e ). Head. L = 1,5mm; W = 1,8mm. Head wider than long. Integument black except mandibles and malar area partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and vertex covered with erect, greyish to whitish hairs. Mandibles simple. Antennae blackish. Flagellomeres of normal structure (not knotty). A4 as long as A3. Mesosoma. L = 1,1mm; W (ITS) = 1,2mm. Integument black. Scutum shiny; sparsely punctate (i = 1,5–2,0d); surface completely and finely reticulate ( Fig. 120a ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 120b . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with greyish to whitish, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 120b ; propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation shiny; completely reticulate; propodeum with few well separated punctures. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument blackish-brown. Vestiture greyish. Metasoma. L = 2,8mm; W = 1,6mm. Integument blackish-brown except the margins of T brown to pallid brown and partly translucent ( Fig. 120c ). Apical plate broad; rounded apically. Posterior margin of S4 with a sparse row of 8 long and strong, curled, erect bristles. Metasomal sterna S5–S6 without dense hair patches ( Fig. 120d ). S8 with a long spike apically; S7 and S8 as illustrated in Fig. 120f . Genitalia. Gonocoxa dull; gonostylus with a dorso-lateral, long and slender projection; projection hairless.

Type material ( 1 specimen). Holotype, male, KwaZulu– Natal , Southern Drakensberg, Sani Pass, 29.i.2002, leg. Greg Anderson and Steve Johnson, on Wahlenbergia spec. , SANC.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to the family Grüneberg in Münster, Germany.

Distribution ( Fig. 129 ). Only known from the southern Drakensberg (KwaZulu–Natal).

Floral visitation. Wahlenbergia spec. (Campanulaceae) .

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). i.

Figures

FIGURE 120. Patellapis (Ch.) gruenebergensis, male: a. Scutum (scale=0,5mm); b. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); c. Metasomal terga (scale=1mm); d. Metasomal sterna (scale=1mm); e. Body (scale=1mm); f. Metasomal sterna S7 and S8, ventral view (scale=100µm).

FIGURE 129. Distributions of P. gruenebergensis, P. ninae, P.pastina, P. paulyi and P. villosicauda.