Astata trochanterica BEAUMONT , 1953

Hans-J, 2025, Astata LATREILLE, 1796 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae) from the Palearctic region with descriptions of nine new taxa and a key to species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 57 (1), pp. 71-168 : 145-146

Astata trochanterica BEAUMONT, 1953

Astata trochanterica BEAUMONT, 1953: 126 , ♀, 3, Holotype ♀, Morocco, Marrakech (Lausanne).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: MOROCCO: Agdz 20 km E, 20.04.1995, 1♀, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Argana env., 80 km NE Agadir, 07.05.2003, 13, Snižek ( BOL) ; Azrou 5 km SE, 31.05.1995, 1♀, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Guelmin 10 km E, 05.05.1995, 2♀♀, Ma. & Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Marrakech , 05.1964, 13, Schlaefle (WS) ; Ouarzazate 10 km SO, 27.05.1995, 1♀, Schmid-Egger, det. Pulawski ( SE) ; Talmest , 10.05.1995, 1♀, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Tamri , 70 km N Agadir, 08.05.1995, 4♀♀, Mi. Halada ( BOL, JA) ; Timezgadiouine 2 km E, 76 km NE Agadir, 30.877°N 9.025°W, 16.04.2015, 13, Schmid-Egger ( SE) ; Tissint 70 km E Tata, 28.04.1995, 13, 4♀♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL, JA) ; Tiznit , Oued Massa, 08.05.2003, 233, 1♀, M. Halada ( BOL, JA) ; Zagora 5 km S, 25.04.1995, 13, 1♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) .

D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 10-12 mm. Head, antenna and mesosoma black. Metasomal segments I-II red, III red with black posterior margin. Sternum II red with large black spot, III red, remaining sterna black. Mandible yellow with black apex. Coxae, trochanters and femora black, tibiae and tarsi brown to dark brown. Clypeus finely rugose-punctate, middle lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin straight. Face and frons with dense appressed white setation. Outer orbit glabrous, smooth and shiny, gena densely punctate with long white setae. Antennomeres I-II on inner side with white setae, III about 5× as long as apically wide; VI-VIII slightly concave basally, IX-XI convex in profile; tyloids carinate. Pronotal collar densely punctate, dull. Mesoscutum densely punctate, dull, except shiny posteromedian spot with scattered punctures. Mesoscutellum densely punctate, anteromedian with large smooth and shiny spot. Mesopleuron rugose-punctate. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, reticulate. Declivity and lateral surface of propodeum rugose-punctate. Mesosoma except propodeal dorsum with white setae. Tergum I and sterna (except III) with long white setae. Central setae of metasomal hairbrush very short, about one fifth as long as lateral ones, the latter about 1.5× as long as setae of sternum II. Coxae, trochanters and femora with white setae. Midcoxa on inner side concave. Hindcoxa ventrally with shallow longitudinal impression. Hindtrochanter with spoon-like process apically (Fig. 12). Forewing weakly brownish darkened, marginal cell about 4× as long as apically wide.

♀. 9-11 mm. Head, antenna and mesosoma black. Metasoma red, tergum VI and pygidial plate sometimes brown. Mandible yellow or reddish-yellow, with black tip. Coxae and trochanters black, femora black with red apex, tibiae and tarsi red. Clypeus smooth and shiny, anterior margin of lamella straight. Frons and area between posterior ocelli very densely punctate. Vertex shiny with scattered punctures. Frons and vertex with erect black and white setae. Outer orbit smooth and shiny, glabrous; gena smooth, with scattered punctures and long white setae. Antennomeres I-III with black bristles, III about 4× as long as apically wide. Pronotal collar smooth and shiny, with isolated punctures. Mesoscutum densely punctate, with stiff erect black and white setae, posteromedian with smooth and shiny spot. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, with punctures laterally and distally. Mesopleuron dull, rugose-punctate, with greyish setae. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, irregularly wrinkled. Declivity rugose-punctate, lateral surface reticulate, both with white setae. Metasomal tergum I with white setae. Sternum II with black setae, apical margin of terga III-V with long black bristles. Pygidial plate finely granulate, with straight lateral margin (Fig. 78). Forecoxa, -trochanter and femur with greyish setae; coxae, trochanters and femora of mid- and hindlegs with black setae. Forebasitarsus with four rake spines; ventrally with nine or ten spines evenly prolonged to the apex of tarsomere. Spines of ventral surface of midbasitarsus evenly prolonged to the apex. Hindtrochanter with short spoon-like or triangular extension (Fig. 77). Forewing brownish tinged, with darker brown spot apically, marginal cell about 2.5× as long as wide.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Maghreb: Morocco.