Astata diversipes PULAWSKI , 1955

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 : 105-106

Astata diversipes PULAWSKI, 1955

Astata diversipes PULAWSKI, 1955: 93 , 3. Holotype 3, Türkiye, Sivas (CAS).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: ISRAEL: Har Karmel, Bet Oren , 10 km S Haifa, 32°44'N 35°00'E, 14.05.1996, 1♀, Schmid-Egger, det. Pulawski ( SE) ; Jerusalem, 28.05.1958, 1♀, Anonym ( BOL) . JORDAN: Zerka-Tal , 12.05.1963, 233, Klapperich (WS, JA) . SYRIA: Anata 50 km SE Suwayda, 21.05.1996, 13, 1♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Dibbin 30 km S Suwayda, 15- 17.05.1996, 3♀♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Kafr 10 km SE Suwayda, 19.05.1996, 13, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Khabab 60 km S Damascus, 14.05.1996, 2♀♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Nawa 30 km N Dara, 18.05.1996, 533, 2♀♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) . TÜRKIYE: Ayas 40 km W of Ankara, 26.06.1998, 1♀, J. Halada ( BOL) ; Gaziantep 30 km NW, 2001, 233, 3♀♀, Snižek ( BOL) ; Hazar Gölü SE Elazig, 29.06.2000, 13, M. Halada ( BOL) ; Karaman Maras 40 km SE, 10.06.1998, 13, 1♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Kahta (Adiyaman), 10.06.1998, 533, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Karaman Maras 40 km SE, 10.06.1999, 1433, 11♀♀, Ma. Halada ( BOL, JA) ; Kutahya NNE, 13.07.2006, 13, M. Halada ( BOL) .

D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 14-15 mm. Head and mesosoma black. Metasoma terga I-III predominantly red, distal segments black. Tergum I with long white setae. Sterna black, II-III with red lateral spots. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin triangular or convex (Fig. 7). Clypeus shiny, densely punctate. Frons dull, very densely punctate with dense appressed setation. Gena moderately punctured, interspaces with distinct micropunctures. Antennomere III about 3.6× as long as apically wide, about 1.8× as long as IV; antennomere VI twice as long as wide; IV-XI convex in profile, with flat brownish tyloids. Pronotal collar densely punctate. Mesoscutum densely punctate with short erect white setae and smooth and shiny posteromedian spot. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, lateral and posterior margins densely punctate. Mesopleuron densely punctate, dull, with moderately long white setae, ventral part with conspicuous long greyish-brown setation. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, irregularly reticulate; lateral surface and declivity rugose-punctate, with long white setae. Posterior margin of metasomal sternum II with shallow concave impression, III with semicircular impression. Posterior margins of sterna V-VI mesally with small semicircular incision with short spines laterally, VII with deep oval incision (Fig. 22). Metasomal hairbrush beginning on sternum IV, central setae short and appressed, lateral setae brown, shorter than those of sternum II. Sterna I-III with white setae, those of IV-VII brown. Legs black with short white setae. Forecoxa strongly thickened. Ventral surface of forefemur strongly flattened on distal two thirds, maximal diameter on the end of this point; foretibia and -basitarsus curved and with concave ventral surface; foretarsomeres II-III slightly concave in profile (Fig. 21). Midcoxa strongly lobularly widened. Base of midfemur ventrally with sharp longitudinal carina. Hindcoxa with longitudinal impression and lateral carina. Hindtrochanter with blunt angle apicoventrally. Hindfemur flattened below. Forewing with brownish tinge, basal sclerites and subcosta black, remaining veins brown. Marginal cell about 4.5× as long as wide.

♀. 14-15 mm. Head, antenna, mesosoma and legs black. Metasoma red, pygidial plate and middle surface of sternum VI black. Mandible simple, black. Clypeal lamella distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin roundly or triangularly protruding (cf. Fig. 7). Clypeus smooth and shiny, with scattered punctures. Face, frons and area between posterior ocelli densely punctate. Vertex and gena smooth and shiny, vertex with isolated punctures, gena nearly impunctate, occiput with moderately long white setae. Antennomere III about 3× as long as apically wide, 1.4-1.5× as long as IV. Pronotal collar smooth and shiny with scattered punctures. Mesoscutum anteromedian densely punctate, anterolaterally with scattered punctures, remaining surface smooth and shiny with isolated punctures. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny with isolated punctures, laterally and distally densely punctate. Mesopleuron irregularly reticulate, ventral surface smooth and shiny, nearly impunctate, with very short white setae. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, irregularly and strongly reticulate. Declivity and lateral surface rugose-punctate, with short white setae. Pygidial plate apically strongly narrowed, with concave lateral margin ( Fig. 85 ). Sternum II with short black setae, apical margin of sterna II-V with short black bristles. Coxae, trochanters and femora of fore- and hindlegs with black setae. Ventral setae of hindfemur shorter than maximal femur diameter. Forewing strongly brownish darkened, with darker brown spot after the marginal cell. Marginal cell about 3.5× as long as wide.

D i s t r i b u t i o n:MiddleEast: Türkiye (type locality), Israel, Jordan, Syria.

Figures

Figs 85-94. Figs 85-87: pygidial plate ♀: (85) A. diversipes, (86) A. rufipes, (87) A. apostata. Figs 88-89: frons ♀: (88) A. kashmirensis, (89) A. minor. Fig. 90: A. pontica ♀: vertex. Figs 91-92: A. quettae ♀: (91) head frontal, (92) forewing. Figs 93-94: head frontal ♀: (93) A. laeta, (94) A. radialis.