Promecidia lombok Lelej, 2024

Lelej, A. S., 2024, REVIEW OF THE VELVET ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE) OF WALLACEA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LOMBOK, INDONESIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 504, pp. 1-25 : 18-19

Promecidia lombok Lelej , sp. n.

https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ 1A814622-58C4-4FD8-8D85-0E4570D20441

Figs 20–21

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype, ♂, Indonesia: Lombok , near Senggigi, 450 m, forest, 8º28ʹ31.9ʺS 116º2,96ʹE, 21.V 2012 (MM) [ IBSS]. Paratypes: same place, 9, 18.V 2012, 3♂ (MM) [ IBSS] .

DIAGNOSIS. MALE. Scape beneath with two carinae, space between them shiny, without setae. Clypeus without preapical transverse carina. S2 with weak medial carina not highest basally. FEMALE. Unknown.

DESCRIPTION. MALE. Body length 8.0– 8.8 mm. Black except ferruginous T1-3 and S1-3; tegula reddish brown. Frons, vertex, lateral area of clypeus and base of mandible with dense whitish subpressed setae; gena with dense whitish erect setae. Pronotum with whitish setae, posterior margin of pronotum densely fringed; mesonotum with sparse reddish setae. Mesopleuron, lateral area of metanotum and dorsum of propodeum with whitish dense suberect setae; posterior face of propodeum with whitish sparse erect setae; scutellum and metanotum medially with whitish erect setae; legs with whitish dense suberect setae; T1-3 with sparse whitish setae; T3-5 with long erect and suberect shorter whitish setae. T1-6 sparsely fringed apically; S1-5 with sparse suberect whitish setae; T2 with long lateral felt line, S2 without lateral felt line. Mandible bipartite apically, with subbasal tooth on outer margin below and dorsal carina extending from base to subapical tooth; inner margin weakly widened subbasally. Clypeus subtriangularly raised basally, with central area shiny concave and with anterior margin slightly raised, without transverse preapical carina. Scape below with two carinae, space between them shiny, without setae. F1 equal F2; antennal scape carinate above, lateral carina curved. Ocelli small, POL:OOL=0.6–0.65. Frons, vertex and gena with coarse dense punctures. Tegula not protruding beyond scuto-scutellar suture, with smooth and shiny disc and posterior margin. Mesoscutellum evenly convex. Metanotum densely punctured, pronotum and mesopleuron with dense, confluent punctures; mesoscutum with dense, separated punctures; scutellum with larger, coarse, somewhat confluent punctures; propleuron, mesopleuron anterad, metapleuron glabrous. Propodeum reticulate, with larger cells dorsomedially. Notauli and parapsids well developed. Forewing fuscous. Pterostigma length equal to distance between origin of RS1 on SC and pterostigma. S2 with weak medial carina not highest basally. S8 (hypopygium) with separate punctures. T7 with coarse, dense punctures; medially with narrow glabrous area. Genitalia as in Figs 20–21 .

DISTRIBUTION. Indonesia (Lombok).

ETYMOLOGY. The specific name originates from Lombok, name of the island where the species was collected.

REMARKS. The species is related to Promecidia chui Lelej et Xu, 2016 , in the key of Lelej et al. (2016), where it ends at couplet 3, but differs as follows:

3. F1 approximately equal to F2; scape widened apically ..................................................... 3a

– F1 1.4 times F2; scape not apically widened. China (Hainan, Guangdong) ..................... ....................................................................................................... P. abnormis Lelej, 2016

3a. Scape beneath with two carinae, space between them shiny, without setae. Clypeus without preapical transverse carina. S2 with weak medial carina not highest basally. Tegula and legs reddish brown. Indonesia (Lombok) ....................................... P. lombok Lelej , sp. n.

– Scape beneath with one carina. Clypeus with distinct preapical transverse carina. S2 with median carina highest basally. Tegula ferruginous, legs ferruginous red. China (Yunnan, Hainan) ........................................................................................ P. chui Lelej et Xu, 2016

Figures

Figs 18–21. Male genitalia of Mutillidae. 18–19 – Neotrogaspidia serafica; 20–21 – Promecidia lombok sp. n. (20 – paratype, 21 – holotype). 18, 20 – dorsal view, 19, 21 – ventral view. 16