Astata fumipennis E. SAUNDERS , 1910

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 : 107

Astata fumipennis E. SAUNDERS, 1910

Astatus fumipennis E. SAUNDERS, 1910: 519 , ♀. Holotype ♀, Algeria, Biskra (OXUM).

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: 3 (after SCHULTHESS 1926). 12 mm. Antennomeres V-X concave in profile. Tibiae and tarsi reddish. Other characters similar to those of the female.

♀ (after SAUNDERS 1910 and PULAWSKI 1957). 12 mm. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma completely red. Mandible basally red. Face, frons and occiput with white setae. Frons beside ocelli and between posterior ocelli densely punctate, the latter with shiny spot mesally. Vertex shiny, strongly and scattered punctate. Antennomere I outside with white setae, inner side with thick black bristles; II-III with black bristles; III about 3× as long as II and distinctly longer than IV. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum strongly shiny, with isolated punctures. Mesopleuron punctate, ventrally with white setae. Epimeron wrinkled. Propodeal dorsum finely reticulate with oblique longitudinal carinae. Stigmal area of propodeum slightly convex. Pygidial plate with strongly concave lateral margin. Legs black with black setae, foretarsus piceous. Fore- and midbasitarsus like A. boops . Wings strongly smoky brown, more darkened apically, with light violet reflections. Marginal cell about twice as long as wide.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Maghreb: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia ( SCHULTHESS 1926). Middle East: Egypt ( HONORÉ 1942).