Astromesitius minutissimus Barbosa & Azevedo 2019, gen. et comb. nov.
Creators
- 1. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Description
Astromesitius minutissimus (Móczár, 1971) gen. et comb. nov.
Figs 1E, 2D, 3E, 4E, 7A
DiagnosisBody 2.7 mm long. LFW 1.5 mm. Wings infuscate; head and pronotum light castaneous; metasoma castaneous; mesosoma dark castaneous. Head as long as wide. Malar space as long as VOL, convergent anteriorly. Frons coriaceous. Ocelli large. Mesosoma with pronotal disc shorter than wide, weakly foveolate, with side straight, posterior margin concave; longitudinal pronotal sulcus hardly distinct, incomplete. Metapectal-propodeal complex as long as metapectal-propodeal complex half-width, without longitudinal ridge between metaposnotal median carina and metaposnotal-propodeal suture; metaposnotal surface areolate; posterior spine of metapectal-propodeal complex absent. Propodeal declivity striate. Lateral surface of metapectal-propodeal complex areolate. Metasoma with hypopygium longer than wide; anterior stalk wide and short; posterior margin with branches short and wide. Genitalia with paramere apex sparsely hairy; aedeagus slender, with apex surpassing paramere apex, apical margin rounded, lateral margin of basal portion slightly convex.
Material examinedHolotype
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • ♂; Wadi Bih dam; 25.48° N, 56.04° E; 9–23 Jul. 2008; light trap; van Harten leg.; UFES 56528.
RemarksThis species was originally described in Heterocoelia (Móczár 1971) from South Africa (Móczár 1971), and later recorded from the United Arab Emirates (Barbosa & Azevedo 2011). It was transferred to Metrionotus by Móczár (1974). We examined the holotype male from UAE identified by Barbosa & Azevedo (2011) and deposited at UFES, and the analyses, mainly of the hypopygium, reveal that their characteristics perfectly fit Astromesitius gen. nov. Thus, we propose a new combination for this species from Metrionotus to Astromesitius gen. nov.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- UFES
- Event date
- 2008-07-09
- Family
- Bethylidae
- Genus
- Astromesitius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- UFES 56528
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Barbosa & Azevedo
- Species
- minutissimus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. et comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2008-07-09/23
- Taxonomic concept label
- Astromesitius minutissimus (Moczar, 1971) sec. Barbosa & Azevedo, 2019
References
- Moczar L. 1971. Mestinae of world, genera " Mesitius spinola ", Pilomesitius Moczar, Parvoculus Moczar, Pycnomesitius Moczar and Heterocoelia Dahlbom. III. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 17: 295 - 332.
- Barbosa D. N. & Azevedo C. O. 2011 Order Hymenoptera, family Bethylidae, subfamily Mesitiinae. In: Harten A. van (ed.) Arthropod Fauna of UAE. Vol. 4: 375 - 404. Dar Al Ummah Printing, Publishing, Distribution & Advertising, Abu Dhabi.
- Moczar L. 1974. On another species of the genus Metrionotus Moczar (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Mesitiinae). Acta Biologica, Szeged 20: 173 - 177.