Pristaulacus matteinii Turrisi and Smith 2020
Creators: name: Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio
name: Smith, David R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Aulacidae
Pristaulacus
Pristaulacus matteinii

description: <i>Pristaulacus matteinii</i> Turrisi and Smith, sp. nov. (Figs. 8–14) http://zoobank.org/ 23E044AA-EB54- 4593-A245-8F63F3D292D2 Type material. <i>—</i> LAOS: Holotype &amp;female; “ LAOS (LAO), Prov. Hua Phan, Phou Pan (Mt), Ban Saleui (Village), 20 <i>°</i> 13 <i>̍</i> 30 <i>̎</i> N 103 <i>°</i> 59 <i>̍</i> 26 <i>̎</i> E, 1350-1900 m MSL, 10.06.2009, leg. C. Holzschuh, and many locals/ <i>Pristaulacus matteinii</i> Turrisi &amp; Smith sp. nov. &amp;female;, 2018, Holotypus ” (OLML). Paratypes, same data as holotype except: 1&amp;female;, 08.vi.2009; 1&amp;female;, 20.iv.2010; 1Ơ, 28. iv.2010; 1Ơ, 14-18. iv.2010; 1&amp;female;, 11.v.2010; 2&amp;female;, 11.v.2011; 1&amp;female;, 20.v.2011; 1&amp;female;, 30.v.2011; 1&amp;female;, 22.v.2011; 1&amp;female;, 24.v.2011; 1Ơ, 24.iv.2012; 1Ơ, 09.v.2012; 1&amp;female;, 10-14.v.2012; 1&amp;female;, 15- 16.v.2012; 1Ơ, 03-05.iv.2014; 1&amp;female;, 28- 30.iv.2014; 1&amp;female;, Laos, Bolikhamsai Prov., Ban Nape env., 18 <i>°</i> 20 <i>̍</i> N 105 <i>°</i> 08 <i>̍</i> E, 07- 16.v.2004, Jendek&amp;Sausa leg. (OLML); 1&amp;female;, Laos, near Xiang Khoang, 1100 m, 19 <i>°</i> 18 <i>̍</i> N, 103 <i>°</i> 31 <i>̍</i> E, 29.iv.2011, T. Mita leg. (TGFC); 1Ơ, Laos, Xiang Khoang, 20 km from Ban Ban, 19 <i>°</i> 45 <i>̍</i> N, 103 <i>°</i> 37 <i>̍</i> E, 05.v.2011, T. Mita leg. (TGFC); 3Ơ, Thailand, Loei, Phu Ruea NP, nature trail, 17 <i>°</i> 30.74 <i>̍</i> N, 101 <i>°</i> 20.65 <i>̍</i> E, 1353 m, 12- 19.iii.2007, Patikhom Tumtip leg., T 2308 (QSBG); 2Ơ, same data as previous, except: 23.iii.2007, T 2314 (QSBG, USNM); 1&amp;female;, Bhutan, Timphu Province, Motitang, 2500-2600 m, 16-27.vii.1990, C. Holzschuh leg. Etymology. <i>—</i>The species is named for Dr. Maurizio Matteini Palmerini (Italy) specialist of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Diagnosis.—Medium sized species, body length: 10.3 mm (excluding ovipositor); colour mostly black, fore and mid legs extensively reddish orange; hind tarsus dark reddish to blackish; wings hyaline; forewing only slightly infuscate at extreme apex, with a moderately wide subquadrate substigmal dark brown spot; metasoma with a small area between apex of T1+2 and base of T3 dark reddish orange. Setae: goldish on mandible, whitish otherwise. Head subquadrate, temple, from above, well developed, fairly convergent and very weakly rounded posteriorly, 0.9 <i>X</i> eye length; occipital margin straight; occipital carina moderately wide, about 0.6 <i>X</i> diameter of ocellus; mesosoma coarsely sculptured, transversecarinate to areolate-rugose; lateroventral margin of pronotum with one anterior moderately long, acute, forwarded toothlike process; anterior margin squared not overhanging pronotum; forewing with vein 2-rs+m moderately long; coxa III transverse-carinate dorsally, transversecarinulate to polished punctate ventrally; tarsal claw pectinate with four tooth-like processes metasoma pyriform (lateral view) slightly compressed; petiole elongate, slender, 2.8 <i>X</i> longer than wide; ovipositor 1.1 <i>X</i> fore wing length. Description <i>—</i> Female (holotype): Length: 10.3 mm; antenna length: 5.5 mm; forewing length: 8.3 mm; ovipositor length: 8.9 mm. <i>Colour:</i> Black except: mandible dark reddish medially; fore and mid distal half of femurs, tibiae, and tarsi dark reddish orange (tarsi darkened toward apex); hind tarsus dark reddish to blackish; wings hyaline; forewing only slightly infuscate at extreme apex, with a moderately wide subquadrate substigmal dark brown spot; metasoma with a small area between apex of T1+2 and base of T3 dark reddish orange. Setae: goldish on mandible, whitish otherwise. <i>Head</i>: From above, 1.10 <i>X</i> wider than long, shiny; occipital margin straight; temple, from above, well developed, fairly convergent and very weakly rounded posteriorly, 0.9 <i>X</i> eye length; occipital carina moderately wide, about 0.6 <i>X</i> diameter of ocellus; POL:OOL: 1.0; ocellar area 2.2 <i>X</i> wider than long; vertex with fine, deep and moderately dense punctures (distance between punctures 2.0–3.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); frons with moderately coarse, deep and dense punctures (distance between punctures 1.0–2.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); clypeus with moderately coarse, deep and very dense punctures (distance between punctures 0.5–1.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); temple with fine to moderately coarse, deep and moderately dense to dense punctures (distance between punctures 1.0–3.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); malar area with moderately coarse, deep and very dense punctures (distance between punctures 0.5–1.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); antenna 0.7 <i>X</i> fore wing length; A3 4.8 <i>X</i> longer than wide; A4 8.3 <i>X</i> longer than wide and 1.7 <i>X</i> than A3; A5 7.8 <i>X</i> longer than wide and 1.3 <i>X</i> than A4. Setae: erect, long and scattered on vertex and upper frons; recumbent, long and dense on lower frons and clypeus; erect, long and moderately dense on temple (length of setae 1.0 <i>X</i> diameter of ocellus); recumbent, short and dense on malar area. <i>Mesosoma:</i> Coarsely sculptured; pronotum areolate-rugose with one anterior moderately long, acute, forwarded tooth-like process on lateroventral margin; propleuron polished and shiny with coarse, moderately deep and dense to very dense punctures (distance between punctures 0.5.1.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); prescutum triangular, narrow, long, slightly incavate, transverse-carinate; mesoscutum trans- verse-carinate anterior to notauli (bearing 9 carinae), slightly distinct dorsally, anterior margin squared not overhanging pronotum, otherwise areolate-rugose notauli wide and moderately deep; scutellum almost areolate rugose (two only raised carinae in middle); mesopleuron areolate-rugose except anterior third of mesepimeron foveolate-rugose; metanotum areolate-rugose; propodeum areolate-rugose; ventral parts of mesosoma mostly rugulose; fore wing with vein 2-rs+m moderately long; coxa I polished punctate; coxa II transversecarinate dorsally, polished punctate ventrally; coxa III transverse-carinate dorsally, transverse-carinulate to polished punctate ventrally, punctures coarse, deep and dense (distance between punctures 1.0–2.0 <i>X</i> puncture diameters); spurs of mid tibia subequal; inner spur of hind tibiae fairly longer than outer spur; hind basitarsus 8.7 <i>X</i> longer than wide, and 1.0 <i>X</i> as tarsomeres 2–5; tarsal claw pectinate with four tooth-like processes. Setae: erect, moderately long and scattered on dorsal surface; semierect to recumbent, moderately long to long and moderately dense on lateral and ventral parts, slightly longer and denser on anterior margin of pronotum; erect, long and moderately dense on hind surface of propodeum; erect, long and dense on propleuron (length of setae 1.0 <i>X</i> pretarsus length). <i>Metasoma:</i> Pyriform (lateral view) slightly compressed; petiole elongate, slender, 2.8 <i>X</i> longer than wide; metasomal segments 1-2 almost shiny and impunctate; remaining segments dull with fine, deep and very dense punctures; ovipositor 1.1 <i>X</i> fore wing length. Setae: metasomal segments 1-2 glabrous; otherwise recumbent, very short and dense. Male (paratype): Length: 11.3 mm; antenna length: 6.5 mm; fore wing length: 7.3 mm. Colour, structure, and setae like &amp;female;, except: substigmal spot brown, quite smaller (about half) and less defined; A3 2.3 <i>X</i> longer than wide; A4 4.2 <i>X</i> longer than wide and 1.8 <i>X</i> than A3; A5 4.4 <i>X</i> longer than wide and subequal to A4; metasoma very elongate, subcylindrical; petiole, 3.5 <i>X</i> longer than wide. Variation.—Examined 16 &amp;female; and 11 Ơ. Length: 7.5–11.3 mm (&amp;female;); 9.1–11.3 mm (Ơ); forewing length: 6.0– 8.4 mm (&amp;female;); 6.7–7.3 mm (Ơ). The apex of T1+2 and base of T3 is lighter, more reddish orange, in some specimens; the substigmal spot is very weak in some males. Distribution <i>—</i> Bhutan (Timphu Province), Laos (Houaphan, Bolikhamsai, Xieng Khouang provinces), Thailand (Loei Province). Biology <i>—</i> Unknown. Remarks.—This new species superficially resembles <i>Pristaulacus rufobalteatus</i> Cameron, 1907, but it is distinguished mainly by the following: clypeus black, mandible dark reddish to blackish in middle (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: clypeus and basal half of mandible yellowish); hind tarsus dark brown (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: reddish orange); metasoma mostly blackish, at most with T2 reddish (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: metasoma extensively reddish); shape of the head with temple, from above, fairly convergent and very weakly rounded posteriorly, 0.9 <i>X</i> eye length (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: temple, from above, gradually convergent and fairly rounded posteriorly, 0.8 <i>X</i> eye length); occipital margin straight (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: weakly but distinctly concave); antenna 0.7 <i>X</i> fore wing length (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: antenna 0.9 <i>X</i> fore wing length); hind coxa moderately elongate, about 2.2 <i>X</i> longer than wide in lateral view (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: hind coxa elongate, about 2.6 <i>X</i> longer than wide in lateral view); ovipositor 1.1 <i>X</i> fore wing length (<i>P. rufobalteatus</i>: ovipositor 1.3 <i>X</i> fore wing length).
description: Published as part of <i>Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio &amp; Smith, David R., 2020, Three New Species Of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) With Additional Records From Thailand And Laos, pp. 197-210 in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (1)</i> on pages 201-204, DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.197, http://zenodo.org/record/3724799
description: {"references": ["Cameron, P. 1907. A new species of Pristaulacus from the Sikkim Himalaya (Hym.). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 7: 222 - 223."]}