Quartinia chlorotica ( Morawitz, 1888 )

Fateryga, Alexander V., 2025, The pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) in Central Asia. Contribution I. Genera Masaris Fabricius, 1793 and Quartinia André, 1884, Zootaxa 5659 (2), pp. 151-178 : 155-156

Quartinia chlorotica ( Morawitz, 1888)

( Figs 1 , 11A )

Jugurtia chlorotica Morawitz, 1888: 270 , ♀ (type locality: “in territorio transcaspico (Tschikischljar)” [ Turkmenistan]), lectotype ( Fateryga 2025: 228 ), ♀, ZISP (examined).

Quartinia chlorotica : Kostylev 1935: 103.

Description of male (hitherto unknown). Body length (from head to apical margin of tergum II) 4 mm (total body length about 5 mm); forewing length 3.5 mm. Head in frontal view about 1.25× as wide as long (from top of median ocellus to apical margin of clypeus). Clypeus with shallowly concave disc, about 1.1× as wide as long; its apical emargination rather shallow, about 0.2× as deep as wide, taking about 0.6 of clypeal width, apical teeth nearly rectangular. Distance between lateral ocellus and occiput about 0.8× as distance between lateral ocelli and about 1.25× as distance between lateral ocellus and compound eye. Antenna with articles 8–12 forming club about 2.8× as long as wide in dorsal view. Width of gena in front of ocular sinus about 0.65× as width of compound eye at ocular sinus. Occipital carina complete and weakly lamellate, not forming angles. Pronotum with anterior side nearly vertical, roundly angled to dorsal surface. Antero-lateral sides of pronotum broadly rounded in dorsal view; in lateral view, pronotal carina weakly lamellate, distinctly separating antero-ventral area of pronotum from its dorsal area at antero-lateral sides. Scutellum separated from mesoscutum by transverse suture, strongly and evenly convex, broadly rounded posteriorly. Tegula with broadly rounded outer margin produced posterior to blunt medio-posterior angle. Epipleural and episternal sulci weak. Ventral mesepisternum evenly rounded ventrally. Epicnemial carina weak. Dorsal carina of propodeum complete, roundly produced dorso-laterally; lateral carina of propodeum complete, ventro-laterally also produced as nearly right rounded angle. Terga I–VI and sterna II–VI with transculent apical lamella. Tergum VII apically with two rounded lobes and deep emargination between them. Sternum VII+VIII rather flat, apically tridentate, central tooth broader than lateral ones. Genitalia as in Fig. 11A . Foretibia not modified.

Disc of clypeus shining, sparsely punctate, interspaces exceeding puncture diameter, very weakly reticulately microsculptured; punctation becoming denser laterally, where interspaces less than puncture diameter. Punctures on frons as coarse as those on disc of clypeus, interspaces also exceeding puncture diameter, shining, with weak reticulate microsculpture. Sculpture becoming denser and duller on vertex behind ocelli where interspaces much narrower than puncture diameter. Gena rather dull, with fine and very sparse punctures and indistinct microsculpture. Pronotum and scutellum punctate coarser than clypeus and frons, interspaces usually about as puncture diameter, shining and completely smooth. Punctures on scutum even slightly coarser than those on pronotum and scutellum, interspaces also about as puncture diameter, shining and completely smooth. Tegula with weak, indistinct microsculpture and few rather fine punctures on posterior half. Dorsal and ventral mesepisterna and mesepimeron sculptured much denser than pronotum and scutellum, interspaces duller and less than puncture diameter. Posterior surface of metanotum shining, with smoothened micropunctures. Metapleuron and lateral surface of propodeum rather dull, with shagreened reticulate sculpture. Dorso-lateral surface of propodeum with shallow irregular punctures, interspaces shining, reaching puncture diameter. Posterior surface of propodeum shining, densely punctate, interspaces mostly less than puncture diameter. Metasomal terga dull, with reticulate microsculpture and shallow dense punctures; both punctures and interspaces increasing in size towards apical margins of terga; largest punctures on terga much finer than those on scutum and scutellum. Metasomal sterna I–VI with fine shallow punctures, interspaces reaching puncture diameter, rather shining but with distinct reticulate microsculpture. Punctures on sternum VII much coarser than those on preceding sterna, interspaces mostly less than puncture diameter, shining, with less distinct microsculpture.

Mandible, labrum, clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutum with very short whitish setae about as long as 1/3 of diameter of median ocellus. Some setae on vertex about as long as 1/2 of diameter of median ocellus. Compound eye bare. Scutellum and mesopleuron without visible setae. Propodeum, metasoma, and legs from coxae to femora mostly with short appressed setae. Tibia and tarsus of foreleg with short erect stiff setae approximately as long as 2/3 of diameter of median ocellus, those setae on mid and hind legs much shorter.

Basal color black except reddish tergum VII and sternum VII. Following parts whitish to pale yellow: mandible except black base, labrum, clypeus, frons, large spot on gena, small lateral spots on vertex, pronotum, tegula, small postero-medial spot on scutum, nearly whole scutellum except black band antero-medially, posterior (lower) half of metanotum, dorsal mesepisternum, fused spots on ventral mesepisternum and mesepimeron, large lateral spots on propodeum, apical bands on terga I–VI, apical spots on tergum VII and sternum VII, small lateral spots on sternum VII, legs approximately from middle of femora. Antenna deep yellow. Wings transparent; veins and pretostigma pale brown.

Material examined. LECTOTYPE (designated by Fateryga (2025: 228)): ♀, labeled “[golden disc] // Tschikisch- / ljar. Pom. [Pomeranzev] // Jugurtia ? / chlorotica ♀ / F. Morawitz // к. Ф МОРавица [collection of F. Morawitz] // Lectotype ♀ / Jugurtia chlorotica / Morawitz, 1888 / des. Fateryga, 2024 [red label] // Zoological Institute / St. Petersburg / INS_HYM_0000330 [pale yellow label]” [ ZISP]. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: TURKMENISTAN: Usun-Ada [ Uzun-Ada ], 1 ♀ [ ZISP] . UZBEKISTAN: Qashqadaryo Province, Muborak District, 5 km N Muborak , 39°18′31″N, 65°08′20″E, 15.V.2015, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. M. Mokrousov, M. Proshchalykin, K. Samartsev [ CAFK] .

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Trophic relationships. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Quartinia chlorotica (Morawitz, 1888). A, ♀, Uzbekistan; B–E, ♂, Uzbekistan. A, C, habitus in dorsal view; B, habitus in lateral view; D, head in frontal view; E, terga V–VII in dorsal view. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 11. Male genitalia in dorsal view. A, Quartinia chlorotica (Morawitz, 1888); B, Q. funebris Kostylev, 1935; C, Q. mikhaili Fateryga, sp. nov.; D, Q. mongolica (Morawitz, 1889); E, Q. pusilla Kostylev, 1935; F, Q. popovi Richards, 1962; G, Q. shestakovi Kostylev, 1935; H, Q. sovietica Fateryga, sp. nov.; I, Q. uzbeka Kostylev, 1935. Scale bar 0.5 mm.