Andreimyrme rong Okayasu & Williams & Lelej & Pham 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Okayasu, Juriya
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Lelej, Arkady S.
name: Pham, Thai Hong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Andreimyrme
Andreimyrme rong

description: Andreimyrme rong Williams, sp. nov.
(Figs 7, 8, 25, 42, 56, 69, 83, 91)
Diagnosis. FEMALE. Head black; frons, vertex, and gena punctures large confluent; vertex with medial longitudinal carina; clypeus with medial tubercle. Mandible wide tridentate, vertical to apex, dorsal subapical tooth acute, larger than middle subapical or apical tooth, middle subapical tooth minute, sometimes obliterated. F1 blackish. Mesosoma entirely red; dorsal thoracic length 0.83× mesosomal width; humeral carina weakly developed; posterior propodeal face with medial longitudinal carina. Legs black with femoral bases yellowish red. Metasoma black; T2 length 0.88× width; T2 disc obscurely flattened medially, with anteromedial setal spot variable in size, color, and shape; T2 punctures small confluent; T2 posterior band wide, pale golden, complete; T3 with wide uniform band of pale golden setae; S1 yellowish red; S2 punctures large dense; surface of pygidial plate obscurely imbricate; lateral margins of pygidial plate subparallel, carinate throughout. MALE. Unknown.
Description. FEMALE. Body length 4.5 mm – 7.3 mm (holotype: 7.3 mm; mean: 5.6 mm). Color and setae. Head black with antennal rim and palpi dark brown; mandible except apical 1/4 and basal outer face yellowish brown; scape and pedicel orange; F2–10 ventrally yellow-brown; mesosoma yellowish red; legs yellowish red with femoral apices, tibiae, and tarsi black; tibial spurs yellow; metasoma black. Frons with sparse long recumbent golden and sparser long erect black setae; vertex with sparse short blackish golden and sparser long erect black setae; antennal scrobe with sparse short appressed pale golden setae; eye dorsal margin with long erect black setae; gena, femora, tibiae, and S2 with sparse long recumbent and sparser long erect pale golden setae; clypeus, pedicel, and F1 with sparse short recumbent golden setae; mandible, posterior propodeal face, trochanters, T1, T2 around margins, T3, T6, S1, and S3–6 with sparse long erect golden setae; prementum, stipes and palpi with sparse extremely short erect golden setae; scape and procoxa with sparse long recumbent golden setae; F2–10 with dense extremely short recumbent golden setae; pronotal dorsum with sparse short recumbent orange and sparser long erect brown setae; thoracic dorsum posterior to pronotum with sparse short recumbent golden and sparser long erect brown setae; propleuron with sparse short recumbent and sparser long erect pale golden setae; lateral face of mesosoma with sparse short appressed pale golden setae; ventral half of mesopleuron and lateral propodeal face with sparse short appressed and sparser long erect pale golden setae; meso- and metacoxae with sparse short appressed and sparser short erect golden setae; tarsi with sparse long appressed golden setae; T2 disc with dense short recumbent and sparse short erect black setae; T4–5 with sparse long recumbent and sparser long erect black setae; pygidial plate glabrous with thickened lateral pygidial fringe of long erect golden setae; T1 and S2–6 with posterior fringe of sparse long golden setae; T2 with lateral golden felt line; T2 with large ovate anteromedial spot of dense appressed pale golden setae; T2 posteriorly and T3 entirely with wide uniform band of dense appressed golden setae.
Structure. Head 1.11× as wide as long in dorsal view; lateral margins strongly convergent behind eye; posterior margin truncate; vertex rounded posteriorly in lateral view; gena wide with GOI = 0.85; vertex with medial longitudinal carina reaching lower frons; lower frons with short medial longitudinal groove; genal carina distinct; hypostomal tooth sharp; antennal scrobe with dorsal carina reaching mandibular base; eye oval, slightly protruding from head capsule; minimum distance between eyes 1.32× eye height; eye height 2.10× malar distance; vertex width 1.15× pronotal width; clypeus medially elevated with rounded dorsal tubercle, with subventral transverse ridge; anterior margin of transverse ridge medially shallowly emarginated medially, trituberculate laterally. Mandible wide tridentate, vertical to apex, dorsal subapical tooth acute, larger than middle subapical or apical tooth, middle subapical tooth minute, sometimes obliterated; ventral margin straight. Prementum with posterior rounded tubercle. Scape bending medially; F1 length 1.33× its width, 1.50× F2 length; F2–9 almost same in length and width; F10 slightly longer than F9, conical and weakly depressed.
Mesosoma broadest at pronotal spiracles, with lateral margins subparallel; ratio between head width:humeral width:pronotal width:mesonotal width:propodeal width:metasomal width = 85:67:73:73:73:100; dorsal thoracic length 0.83× pronotal width; thoracic dorsum not posteriorly sloping; anterior margin of dorsum of pronotum rounded, with a pair of weak sublateral tubercles; pronotum laterally weakly projecting but not forming distinct angle at pronotal spiracle; lateral margin of mesosoma weakly crenulate; humeral angle rounded; humeral carina present; prescutellar scales and metanotal-propodeal suture obliterated; dorsal and lateral propodeal faces separated by apparent wavy carina; posterior propodeal face with medial longitudinal carina.
Metacoxa with weak complete inner longitudinal carina; meso- and metatibiae with a pair of longitudinal rows of six spines on outer face; protarsus with external comb of long spines.
T1 without distinct dorsum; T2 disc medially flattened; dorsal T2 length 0.88× T2 width; S1 with straight medial longitudinal carina; S2 with angular posteromedial protuberance; posterior margin of S6 bidentate; pygidial plate slightly convex, elongate; lateral margins of pygidial plate subparallel, weakly carinate throughout but not enclosed.
Frons, vertex, gena, and thoracic dorsum with large confluent punctures; clypeus, pedicel, F1, pronotal collar, meso- and metacoxae, trochanters, femora, tibiae, and tarsi with minute sparse punctures; scape and T1 anterior half with small sparse punctures; F2–10, lateral face of pronotum, metapleuron, and procoxa with minute dense punctures; posterior propodeal face reticulate; propleuron with minute sparse and small sparse punctures; mesopleuron and lateral propodeal face with minute dense punctures, with small sparser punctures; T1 posterior half and T2 disc with small confluent punctures; T2 laterally and S1–2 with large dense punctures; T3–6 and S3–6 with small dense punctures; pygidial plate obscure imbricate.
Type material. 5♀. Holotype ♀: Vietnam: DAK LAK: Chu Yang Sin National Park, Krong K’Mar, 740–900 m, 2–10.VI.2007, Malaise traps, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries leg. [RMNH]. Paratypes: Thailand: CHAIYAPHUM: Tat Tone National Park, 280 m, 15°58.538′N 102°02.153′E, 9–10.I.2007, pan trap, T1555, T. Jaruphan & O. Budasawong leg. [1♀ QSBG]; CHIANG MAI: Doi Intanon National Park, Campground pond, 1200 m, 18°32.40′N 98°31.80′E, 2–9.III.2007, Malaise trap, T1779, A. Areeluck leg. [1♀ QSBG]; PHETCHABURI: Kaeng Krachan National Park, 970 m, 12°47.83′N 99°27.37′E, 1–8.VIII.2008, malaise, T4357, Sirichai & Chusak leg. [1♀ QSBG]; SARABURI: Mai Ngerm Mai Thong Resort, 7 km NW Muak Lek, 14.711°N 101.165°E, 273 m, 15.III.2019, K. Williams et al. leg. [1♀ CSCA].
Distribution. Thailand: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Phetchaburi, Saraburi. Vietnam: Dak Lak.
Etymology. The specific name rong is from the Vietnamese rồng meaning “dragon” and is treated as a noun in apposition. The type species of Andreimyrme, A. long, is named using a Chinese word for dragon. These species have similar mandibles and may be eventually recognized as belonging to the same species.
Remarks. The mandibular shape of this new species is unique among females in the genus; only A. silvorientalis sp. nov. has a similar apically dilated mandible. Andreimyrme rong sp. nov. overlaps with the male genotype, A. long, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, although the latter species has not been formally recorded. The extremely dilated mandible shape of this female superficially resembles that of A. long. For this reason, we suspect that A. rong may eventually be recognized as the female for that species, which is why we provided a similar name.
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, Williams, Kevin A., Lelej, Arkady S. & Pham, Thai Hong, 2021, Review of female Andreimyrme Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Smicromyrmini), pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 5061 (1) on pages 17-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5642158