Ecrizotes acer Mitroiu, 2024

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Andriescu, Ionel & Manic, Gheorghe, 2024, The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of Ecrizotes Förster (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 1-37 : 8-10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2745
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:34546280-853E-466C-A7EB-B7C10B5A2A02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14284763
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87A8-FFEE-FF98-FD88-FAA0FD3D0339
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ecrizotes acer Mitroiu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Ecrizotes acer Mitroiu sp. nov.

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Fig. 1 View Fig

Diagnosis

Female

All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 anelliform ( Fig. 1C View Fig ); ventral margin of clypeus strongly protruding and acute ( Fig. 1D View Fig ); head in frontal view with gena buccate ( Fig. 1B View Fig ); hind tibia length 4.8–5.0 × width; gaster shorter than combined length of head and mesosoma, moderately compressed laterally ( Fig. 1A View Fig ); tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 7I View Fig ); ovipositor sheath length about 0.2 × length of hind tibia.

Male

Unknown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the shape of the ventral clypeal margin (from the Latin adjective ‛ acer ’ = ‛sharp’, ‛pointed’).

Type material

Holotype ZIMBABWE • ♀; “ Rhodesia / Salisbury / A. Watsham / WF 67 / i ×.74 ”; NHMUK.

Paratypes D.R. CONGO • 1 ♀; “DR Congo: Oriental Prov. / Ituri region, Mongbwalu , / AGK camp, 20-27. III.2015 / A. Gumovsky & C. Dhendro // behind pld fences, / abandoned shamba, bananas, avocado, sweet / potato, 75 YPTs”; MICO.

ZIMBABWE • 2 ♀♀; “ Rhodesia / Makumbi Miss / A. Watsham / W.244, × ii.76 // Spathopus ! [Bouček’s handwriting]”; NHMUK .

Description

Female holotype

Body length: 1.0 mm. Colour as in Fig. 1 View Fig . Head in frontal view with vertex not protruding between posterior ocelli ( Fig. 1B View Fig ). Gena buccate ( Fig. 1B View Fig ). Ventral margin of clypeus strongly protruding and acute ( Fig. 1D View Fig ). Upper face smooth except rare piliferous punctures ( Fig. 1B View Fig ). Length of pedicel plus flagellum shorter than head width. All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 anelliform ( Fig. 1C View Fig ). Mesosoma dorsally almost flat ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Pronotum about as long as mesoscutum ( Fig. 1E View Fig ). Basal cell of fore wing with a few scattered setae on upper side ( Fig. 1F View Fig ). MV about 2.4 × SV. Hind tibia length about 4.8× width. Gaster shorter than combined length of head and mesosoma, moderately compressed laterally ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 6I View Fig ). Ovipositor sheath length about 0.2 × length of hind tibia.

Variation

Female

The specimen collected in the D.R. Congo has a slightly less protruding clypeal margin. Hind tibia length 4.8–5.0× width.

Distribution

D.R. Congo, Zimbabwe.

Hosts

Unknown.

Taxonomic comments

This is one of the most easily recognizable species of Ecrizotes due to its large triangular clypeal margin, which is expected to be similar in males.