Astata maculata RADOSZKOWSKI , 1877

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 : 123-124

Astata maculata RADOSZKOWSKI, 1877

Astata maculata RADOSZKOWSKI, 1877: 31 , ♀, 3. Syntypes, Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Tashkent, Zarafshan valley (ZMMU).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: IRAN: Bardsir 8 km N, Kerman prov., 2050 m, 29°95'N 56°58'E, 06.06.2010, 1♀, Mi. Halada (BOL). KAZAKHSTAN: Shonzy 10 km NW, 43.5737N 79.3209W, 654 m, 02.06.2024, 13, Schmid-Egger (SE).

D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 10-12 mm. Habitus dorsal see Fig. 143 , lateral see Fig. 144 . Black; pronotal lobe, tegula and often spot below wing insertion yellow (missing from examined male from Kazakhstan). Mandible black with reddish middle, lower margin with basal angle. Legs black; foretibia on inner side reddish or dark brown, basally with small ivory spot. Face with dense appressed white setae; gena, occiput and mesosoma including propodeal dorsum with withe setae. Middle clypeal lobe lobularly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anteriorly impressed, with small blunt lateral tubercles (Fig. 2), posterior clypeal surface densely punctate. Frons before anterior ocellus with smooth and shiny spot, between posterior ocelli scattered punctate. Gena densely punctate. Antennomeres I-III on inner side with black bristles, III about 4× as long as apically wide; IV-X with narrow carinate tyloids. Anterior surface of mesoscutum densely punctate, posterior surface smooth with scattered strong punctures ( Fig. 146 ). Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, with very scattered strong punctures, densely punctate posteriorly and laterally. Mesopleuron densely punctate, dull; ventral surface smooth and shiny, with scattered punctures ( Fig. 145 ). Propodeal dorsum coarsely and irregularly reticulate; lateral surface and declivity densely and coarsely punctate. Mid- and hindcoxae with white setae and some black bristles. Outer side of hindfemur with short black bristles. Ventral setae of hindfemur short, not longer than half maximal femur diameter. Metasomal tergum I smooth and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with white setae; sterna nearly asetose, no metasomal hairbrush. Pygidium smooth and shiny, with distinct longitudinal keel medially. Forewing hyaline, apically brownish darkened. Marginal cell about 3× as long as wide.

♀. 8-11 mm. Black, pronotal lobe and tegula brownish. Head and mesosoma including propodeal dorsum with greyish setae. Frons weakly shiny, with scattered coarse punctures. Middle clypeal lamella tridentate, distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, with small tubercle between middle and lateral lobe. Vertex with indistinct punctures. Pronotal collar with oblique striae. Anterior margin of mesoscutum wrinkled, posterior surface smooth and shiny, with scattered coarse punctures. Mesopleuron mesally with scattered punctures, dorsal and distal surface densely punctate, punctures more or less confluent into rugae. Propodeum irregularly reticulated. Metasomal terga with reticulate microsculpture and isolated punctures, II-IV with a row of punctures in front of the apical impression. Legs black, tarsi brownish. Longest ventral setae of hindfemur about as long as two thirds of maximal femur diameter. Forewing hyaline, brownish darkened apically. Marginal cell about 1.5× as long as wide.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Middle East: Iran. Central Asia: Kazakhstan ( KAZENAS 2000), Turkmenistan ( MYARTSEVA 1963), Uzbekistan (type locality).

Figures

Figs 141-146. Figs 141-142: A. hirsuta nov.sp. J holotype: (141) Habitus dorsal, (142) Habitus lateral. Figs 143-146: A. maculata J: (143) Habitus dorsal, (144) habitus lateral, (145) mesopleuron, (146) mesosoma.