Habralictus insularis Smith-Pardo 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Smith-Pardo, Allan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Habralictus
Habralictus insularis

description: <i>Habralictus insularis</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 69BD7CFF-820E-449C-B5A3-22B38DA8A55E Figs 1–2 <b>Type material.</b> <i>Holotype:</i> &amp;female;. Grenada: Grand Etang N.P. [National Park]. Mt. Qua Qua trail. IX-7-1991. on: palm flowers. C.W. and L.B. O’Brien Collectors. (CAS) <i>Paratypes:</i> 9&amp;female;&amp;female;, 3♁♁, same data as holotype [CAS]; 1&amp;female; 1 ♁ <i>idem</i> [KSEM]; 1&amp;female; <i>idem</i> [AMNH]. 1♁ <i>idem</i>, except on palm fl owers, <i>Euterpe precatoria</i> Mart. [CAS]. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of <i>H. insularis</i> sp. n. are mostly similar to those of <i>H. claviventris</i> (also from the Lesser Antilles) but can be recognized by the larger yellow, integumental spot on the clypeus that covers its anterior half, and the presence of a circumocular carina (Fig. 1h); the base of the propodeum granulate medially (Fig. 1g) (striate in <i>H. claviventris</i>), and the metafemur and metatibia dark brown (yellow in <i>H. claviventris</i>). Females of <i>H. insularis</i> sp. n. resemble females of <i>H. bimaculatu</i> s in the overall coloration of the metasomal integument but differ from it by not having any spots or bands on the terga (Fig. 1c). <b>Description.</b> <i>Female</i>. Total body length 4.35 mm; forewing length 3.43 mm. Head slightly wider than long. Scape longer than combined length of F1–F6; F10 as long as F9; F2 subequal in length to F1. Clypeus with upper margin above lower tangent of compound eyes, paraocular lobe, 160°. Scutum wider than long; metanotum 0.4× scutellar length. Mid tibial spur serrate, half length of basitarsus; inner hind tibial spur with four teeth (including apex); 1m-cu confluent with second submarginal crossvein; 2m-cu basad to 2rs-m by 3× vein width; first submarginal cell as long as combined lengths of second and third submarginal cells; second submarginal cell with anterior margin shorter than anterior margin of third submarginal cell; hamuli spaced 1-1-1-2. Basal area of propodeum as long as combined length of scutum and scutellum. Metasoma more or less flat and semi-petiolate. Mandible with weak acetabular groove. Labrum flat without sulcus or central process. Clypeus, supraclypeal, and paraocular areas minutely but strongly granular, punctures present on lower third of clypeus, close together; remainder of face and vertex strongly granulate; gena and postgena imbricate. Scape imbricate, with 54 <i>Allan H. Smith-Pardo / ZooKeys 27: 51–58 (2009)</i> <b>Figure |.</b> External characters of <i>H. insularis</i> sp. n.: <b>a</b> habitus female, lateral view <b>b</b> habitus male, lateral view <b>c</b> female metasoma, dorsal view <b>d</b> scutellum, metanotum and base of propodeum (female) <b>e</b> female head, frontal view <b>f</b> female pygidial plate <b>g</b> scutellum, metanotum and base of propodeum (male) <b>h</b> male head, frontal view. c f Imm a Imm Imm b Imm d g e h few punctures. Pronotum imbricate. Mesoscutum minutely and closely granular with some minute punctures broadly distributed, integument of granules smooth; mesoscutellum and metanotum granular but slightly more coarsely punctate than
description: Published as part of <i>Smith-Pardo, Allan, 2009, A new species of Habralictus (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Island of Grenada (Lesser Antilles) with comments on the insular species of the genus, pp. 51-58 in ZooKeys 27 (27)</i> on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.265, http://zenodo.org/record/576567