Astata gobiensis, Hans-J, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16956868 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394DF04-FFF6-E54A-12DF-C52EFCCBA796 |
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Felipe |
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Astata gobiensis |
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sp. nov. |
Astata gobiensis nov.sp.
Holotype: 3. Mongolia, Gobi , 100 km SW Dalanzadgad, Bayanzag, des. Saxaulus, 1-2.VII.2003, J. Halada ( BOL).
Paratypes: 333 with same data as holotype ( BOL, JA).
D i a g n o s i s: 3. Astata gobiensis nov.sp. is characterized by its glabrous dorsal surface of propodeum, red and black metasoma, unmodified midcoxa, hindcoxa and -trochanter, as well as metasomal hairbrush covering the middle of sterna IV-VI. It differs from species like A. kashmirensis , A. rufipes and A. bulbosa nov.sp. by unmodified midcoxa, additionally by its distinctly longer middle clypeal lobe, longer setae of metasomal hairbrush and from A. rufipes additionally by black legs. It is distinguished from other species of the A. boops group with basally concave antennomeres V-IX and long antennomere III (about at least 4× as long as apically wide) as A. iranica nov.sp., A. mongolica nov.sp. and A. boops by black mandible, carinate tyloids with small and indistinct pale tubercles, from A. iranica nov.sp. additionally by black inner surface of foretibia. From A. affinis it differs by lacking black bristles on antennomere I and hindfemur, from A. boops by its long central setae of metasomal hairbrush, from A. mongolica nov.sp. by its denser and more strongly sculptured mesoscutum and mesopleuron.
D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 9-11 mm. Habitus dorsal see Fig. 119 View Figs 119-124 , lateral see Fig. 120 View Figs 119-124 . Head, antenna and mesosoma black. Mandible black. Legs black, tarsi brownish. Metasoma: Tergum I red with black spot apically, II-III red, sternum I black, sterna II-III red, segments IV-VII black. Face with appressed white setae masking the surface; gena beneath eyes smooth and shiny, otherwise densely and finely punctate with erect white setae. Lower margin of mandible simple. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin straight. Clypeus densely punctate. Antenna slender, antennomere III about 4.4-5.2×, VI about 3× as long as wide. Antennomeres V-IX in profile slightly concave in proximal half ( Fig. 60 View Figs 57-68 ); tyloids carinate, basally and distally with little inconspicuous pale tubercles. Antennomeres I-II with exclusively white setae. Pronotal collar densely reticulate, dull. Mesoscutum anteriorly densely punctate, nearly without interspaces; posterior surface with more scattered punctures and distinct shiny interspaces. Mesopleuron dull, finely and densely punctate, distances between punctures narrower than puncture diameter; posterior surface without rugae ( Fig. 71 View Figs 69-74 ). Dorsal surface of propodeum glabrous, coarsely reticulated, with weakly diagonally running longitudinal carinae. Lateral and posterior surface of propodeum granulate. All parts of metasoma except dorsal surface of propodeum with erect white setae not concealing the integument. Mid- and hindcoxae as well as hindtrochanter unmodified. Coxae, trochanters and femora exclusively with white setae. Longest ventral setae of hindfemur about as long as two thirds of maximal femur diameter. Metasomal tergum I with long erect white setae. Terga I-II very finely reticulate. Sterna I-III with scattered white setae. Metasomal hairbrush of sterna IV-VI white, sparse, central setae hardly shorter than lateral ones; latter as long as or slightly longer than those on sternum II. Setae of sterna III-IV nearly as long as lateral setae of hairbrush. Forewing hyaline. Marginal cell of forewing about 3.3× as long as wide. Veins and forewing pterostigma brown.
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D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central Asia: Mongolia (type locality).
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