Chrysis kazenasi Rosa, 2018

Rosa, P., 2018, New species of chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Central Asia, Russia and Iran. Part 1, Far Eastern Entomologist 371, pp. 1-27 : 17-19

Chrysis kazenasi Rosa , sp. n.

Figs 29–32

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Holotype – ♂, Kazakhstan: 50 km SW of vill.

Bairkum, Kyzyl-kum, 14.V 1992, leg. V. Kazenas [ ZIN]. Paratypes: same locality of holotype : 9.V 1992 , 1♂, 14.V 1992 , 2♂ [ PRC, ZIN]; 50 km W of Koksu, Kyzylkum desert, 8–10.V 1992 , 3♂, leg. V. Kazenas [ PRC, ZIN]; 40 km SW of vill .

Bairkum, Kyzyl-kum, 14.V 1992 , 1♀, leg. V. Kazenas [ZIN].

DIAGNOSIS. Chrysis kazenasi sp. n. belongs to the C. curta species group, for shape of genital capsule (see the forthcoming issue); TFC faint; unmodified male flagellomeres; face with punctation contrasting with those of vertex; edentate apical margin of the third metasomal tergum; the latter short and broad, slightly emarginate medially; black spots on second metasomal sternum large, subsquare, and medially close. C. kazenasi sp. n. is similar to C. batyamensis Linsenmaier, 1969, sharing similar habitus and coloration; yet C. kazenasi sp. n. is recognizable for the short malar space, about 1 MOD (vs. 3 MOD in C. batyamensis); punctation on mesosoma irregular; punctation on metasoma dense on anterior half, scattered with wide shining interstices on posterior half (vs. double punctures all over metasoma); pit row almost faint, with very narrow post pit row area (vs. large and round pits; post pit row area normally developed).

DESCRIPTION. Body length 5.9 mm. Fore wing length 3.5 mm. Male. OOL =

2.0 MOD; POL = 1.7 MOD; MS = 1.0 MOD; relative length of P:F1:F2:F3 =

1.0:1.4:1.0:0.8.

Head. In full face view, length 1.3 mm, width 1.5 mm. Apex of clypeus slightly emarginate; TFC faint; scapal basin slightly hollowed and fully, densely punctate with minute punctures, covered with silvery, appressed setae; frons and vertex with small to medium-sized, contiguous punctures. Malar space 1.0 MOD, shorter than

F1 (2.0 MOD). Mandibles with subapical, small tooth. Subantennal distance about

1.2 MOD. Ocelli not lidded. Genal carina fully developed to mandibular joint; malar spaces finely punctured.

Mesosoma. Length 2.0 mm; width (PPW) 1.5 mm. Pronotum with weak anteromedian groove, reaching to mid-length; punctation irregular, with shallow, small to medium-sized punctures, partly contiguous or even confluent; interstices narrow and polished. Punctation similar on mesoscutum; with larger, scattered punctures on mesoscutellum. Metanotum with irregular, denser punctures, in some paratypes with anteromedian pit. Mesopleuron with small, irregular punctures, without visible episternal sulcus. Propodeal teeth subparallel, pointing backwards.

Metasoma. Length 2.5 mm. First tergum distinctly elongate, as long as 2/3 of the second tergum length; punctation with small, tiny, dense, and even punctures; on second sternum medially smaller, posteriorly larger and sparser; third tergum with post pit row area narrow; pits of the pit row small, shallow, a little larger than other punctures. Black spots on second sternum large, squarish, medially almost fused.

habitus, lateral view; 31 – head, frontal view; 32 – metasoma, dorso-lateral view. Scale bar =

1.0 mm.

Coloration. Body entirely red, in some specimens more coppery to greenish.

Mandibles brown, with metallic green reflections at base and medially testaceous.

Scape coppery, pedicel and flagellum testaceous. Legs metallic red, testaceous on joints and tarsi. Tegulae metallic red. Wings hyaline with light brown nervures.

Vestiture. Frons, vertex and mesosoma with short (1.0 MOD), erect, whitish setae.

Female. Similar to male, yet inner tooth on mandible almost smooth (likely worn out); flagellum black; anteromedian pit on scutellum larger and deeper; setae on mid- and hindtibia longer and perpendicular.

DISTRIBUTION. Kazakstan.

ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet kazenasi (masculine name in genitive case)

is dedicated to V.L. Kazenas (Almaty, Kazakstan), who collected most of the chrysidids studied in this article and kindly donated to ZIN.

Figures

Figs 29–32. Chrysis kazenasi Rosa, sp. n., holotype ♀: 29 – habitus, dorsal view; 30 –