Ecrizotes incisus 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 : 19-20

Ecrizotes incisus Mitroiu sp. nov.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3A495840-DCC1-476B-B554-D6C6D92011C5

Fig. 6

Diagnosis

Female

All funiculars wider than long; Fu3 smaller than both Fu2 and Fu4, but not anelliform ( Fig. 6C ); ventral margin of clypeus weakly convex ( Fig. 6B ); head in frontal view with gena buccate ( Fig. 6B ); hind tibia length about 8× width; gaster longer than combined length of head and mesosoma and strongly compressed laterally ( Fig. 6A ); tip of hypopygium incised ( Fig. 6F ); ovipositor sheath length about 0.9× length of hind tibia.

Male

Unknown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the incised tip of the female's hypopygium (from the Latin adjective ‛ incisus ’= ‛cut up’).

Type material

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; “ South Africa / Grahamstown / A. Watsham: 12: 73”; NHMUK.

Description

Female holotype

Body length: 1.5 mm. Colour as in Fig. 6 . Head in frontal view with vertex not protruding between posterior ocelli ( Fig. 6B ). Gena buccate ( Fig. 6B ). Ventral margin of clypeus weakly convex ( Fig. 6B ). Upper face uniformly sculptured, piliferous punctures hardly distinct ( Fig. 6B ). Length of pedicel plus flagellum shorter than head width. All funiculars wider than long; Fu3 smaller than both Fu2 and Fu4, but not anelliform ( Fig. 6C ). Mesosoma dorsally convex ( Fig. 6A ). Pronotum shorter than mesoscutum ( Fig. 6D ). Basal cell of fore wing with a few scattered setae on upper side ( Fig. 6E ). MV about 2.7× SV. Hind tibia length about 8× width. Gaster longer than combined length of head and mesosoma and strongly compressed laterally ( Fig. 6A ). Tip of hypopygium incised ( Fig. 6F ). Ovipositor sheath length about 0.9× length of hind tibia.

Variation

Unknown.

Distribution

South Africa.

Hosts

Unknown.

Taxonomic comments

This species can be separated from the other known species with an incised hypopygium by the longer ovipositor and more slender tibiae.

Figures

Fig. 6. Ecrizotes incisus Mitroiu sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NHMUK). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Antennae (arrow indicates Fu3). D. Mesosoma, dorsal view. E. Fore wing, dorsal view. F. Gaster, lateral view (arrow indicates hypopygium).