Astata aschabadensis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1893

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 : 91

Astata aschabadensis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1893

Astata aschabadensis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1893: 491 , ♀. Holotype ♀, Turkmenistan, Askhabad (ISZP).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:nomaterialexamined.

D e s c r i p t i o n (after GUSSAKOVSKIJ 1927, PULAWSKI 1957 and KAZENAS 1978): ♁. 10 mm. Black. Mesosoma except propodeal dorsum with greyish setae. Metasomal tergum I with reddish-brown posterior margin or lateral spots, II red. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe. Malar space very short, base of mandible almost touching the eye margin. Antennomere I with black setae on inner side, III longer than IV+V together. Middle antennomeres almost cylindrical. Mesoscutum densely punctate. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, lateral and posterior margins punctate. Mesopleuron dull, densely punctate, without shiny interspaces. Middle metasomal sterna with short brown setae. Central setae of metasomal hairbrush very short, lateral setae about as long as those of sternum II. Midcoxa on inner side without concavity. Mid- and hindfemora ventrally with black bristles.

♀. 12 mm. Black. Metasomal terga I-III at least partly red, IV-VI black. Legs black or partly reddish, tibiae and tarsi brownish. Setation of head and thorax black, on distal surface paler. Clypeal lamella straight or weakly tridentate. Malar base very short, mandible base nearly touching eye margin. Frons in front of anterior ocellus and area between ocelli densely punctate. Antennomere I on inner side with black bristles. Mesoscutum with smaller punctures between the larger ones. Propodeal dorsum glabrous. Lateral surface of propodeum with whitish setae. Stigmal area of propodeum convex. Midcoxa, hindcoxa and -trochanter unmodified. Ventral surface of forebasitarsus with undulating spines as for A. boops . Forewing strongly darkened, especially the apical margin.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central Asia: Turkmenistan (type locality).