Astata hera ARENS , 2014

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 : 111-112

Astata hera ARENS, 2014

Astata hera ARENS, 2014: 133 , 3. Holotype 3, Greece, Peloponnesus, Plateau near Kato Loussi (ZSBS).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: BULGARIA: Lozenec , 15 m, 42°13'N 27°47'E, 16.06.2008, 13, M. & Z. Halada ( BOL) ; Slancev Brjag , 28.06- 14.07.1971, 733 15.06.1977, 13, Padr ( BOL) . CROATIA: Pula / Istria 10 km N, 27.08.1998, 13, J. Halada ( BOL) . CYPRUS: Pafos 10 km NO, 20.05.1993, 13, J. Wimmer ( BOL) . GEORGIA: Borzomi SW of, riv Kura , 27.06.2014, 13, Snižek ( BOL) . GREECE: Cephallonia S, Paliki Peninsula env., 09.07.2006, 13, P. Bulirsch ( BOL) ; Peloponnese, 12 km S of Andritsena , N 37°24' E 21°50', 500 m, 28.08.2019, 333, J. Halada ( BOL) ; Kos, Psalidi , 36°56'N 27°19'E, 31.08.2008, 13, J. Tiefenthaler ( BOL) ; Leptokaria , 07.07- 16.07.1993, 533, Jacobs (JA) ; Lesbos, Sigri , 06.2011, 13, Schlaefle (WS) ; Mt. Kilini Oros , 05.08.2010, 13, J. Halada ( BOL) ; Preveza / Epeiros 20 km N, 29.08.1997, 13, J. Halada ( BOL) ; Ptolemais 16 km N, 930 m, 16.06.1988, 13, J. Tiefenthaler ( BOL) ; Saloniki , 06.1960, 13, Schlaefle (WS) . IRAN: Khorasan N, Bajgiran 27 km SO, 2194 m, 37°41'57''N 58°06'01''E, 12.07.2022, 233, Liebig ( LI) ; Baghtiyari, Lordegan 20 km SE, 1900 m, 31°21'N 51°09'E, 31.05.2014, 233, J. Halada ( BOL) ; Azer e Shabestar, Sis , 10 km E Shabestar, 38°26'N 45°86'E, 1540 m, 06.2010, 13, Mi. Halada ( BOL) . TÜRKIYE: Ankara, 26.08.1991, 13, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Baykan 30 km W, 30.06.2000, 233, M. Halada ( BOL, JA) ; Buglan Gecidi 40 km NW Mus, 1600 m, 38°56'N 41°09'E, 24.06.2010, 13, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Erkenek 60 km SW Malatya, 1300 m, 26.06.2000, 13, M. Halada ( BOL) ; Gaziantep 30 km NW, 2001, 333, Snižek ( BOL, JA) ; Gaziantep 30 km NW, 2001, 13, Snižek ( BOL) ; Hakkari, Gözeldere 25 km E, 930 m, 37°32'N 43°49'E, 22.06.2010, 233, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Halfeti, Birecik , 31.05.1998, 233, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Halfeti env., 05.05.1994, 13, Mi. Halada ( BOL) ; Kahraman Maras 40 km SE, 10.06.1998, 13, Ma. Halada ( BOL) ; Nemrut Dag , 2000 m, 16.08.1991, 13, M. Halada ( BOL) ; Tuzlagozu, Baykan , 04.06.1998, 13, Ma. Halada ( BOL) .

D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 10-12 mm. Head, antenna and mesosoma black. Metasoma: Tergum I red with black basal spot, II red, III red with black posterior margin, IV-VII black. Sterna predominantly black. Clypeus and frons very densely punctate, dull. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin straight. Lower side of mandible with small angle. Frons in front of anterior ocellus with distinct smooth and shiny spot. Frons and face with white appressed setae; gena smooth and shiny, with shallow punctures and erect white setae. Antennomere III about 4.0-5.0× as long as apically wide, about 1.3-1.5× as long as IV; V-XI very slightly concave in profile, maximal width apically; tyloids with pale oval basal tubercle and pale curved carina up to the apex (Fig. 48). Pronotal collar rugose-punctate. Mesoscutum and mesopleuron densely punctate, with short white setae. Mesoscutellum densely punctate with large anteromedian smooth and shiny spot. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, reticulate, with distinct oblique carinae. Declivity and lateral surface of propodeum rugose-punctate, with long white setae. Tergum I and sterna with white setae. Metasomal hairbrush starting on sternum IV, central setae short, about a quarter as long as lateral ones, the latter distinctly longer than setae of sternum II. Legs black, without modifications, coxae, trochanters and femora with white setae. Forewing slightly brownish tinged, apical margin paler. Marginal cell about 3.8-4.0× as long as wide.

♀. Unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Europe: Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus. Middle East: Georgia, Türkiye, Iran.