Scrapter nitens Kuhlmann, sp. nov.

Scrapter nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 46A356D8-8A3F-4806-BB16-6ACEBEFD7754 Fig. 8

The female of S. nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: clypeus almost flat (Fig. 8B); scutum sparsely and coarsely punctate (Fig. 8C); foretibia dominantly dark blackish-brown; stigma brown; apical margins of metasomal terga broadly yellowish-brown; metasomal terga between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8E). The male is unknown.

The name comes from the Latin ‘ nitens ’, meaning ‘glossy’, and referiing to the shiny appearance of the species.

Material examined (1 specimen) Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 7 km NE of Steinkopf, roadside N7; 29°12′40″ S, 17°47′11″ E; alt. 970 m a.s.l.; 12 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.

BODY LENGTH. 6.6 mm.

HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except part of mandibles dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, greyish, erect hair (Fig. 8B). Clypeus almost flat with relatively coarse and dense (i = 0.5–1.5 d) punctation, apically with slightly sparser punctation (i = 1,5–2,5 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8B). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally blackish-brown, ventrally yellowish-brown.

MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc sparsely (i = 1.5–3 d) and coarsely punctate (Fig. 8C). Metanotum slightly shorter than basal area of propodeum, apically with indistinct narrow carinate depression (Fig. 8D). Propodeum basally only laterally broad and coarsely carinate (Fig. 8D). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, greyish, erect hair (Fig. 8A).

WINGS. Brownish; wing venation and stigma brown.

LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture greyish-white; scopa greyish-white.

METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga narrowly translucent yellowish to reddish-brown (Fig. 8E). Disc of T1–T2 without hair; following terga with very short but increasingly more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga (Fig. 8E). Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae yellowish-brown. T1 almost impunctate, T2– T4 very sparsely (i = 3–5 d) and finely (almost invisible) punctate; between punctures smooth and shiny; T2–T4 with polished and shiny apical tergal depression (Fig. 8E).

Unknown.

Only known from the type locality NE of Steinkopf.

Floral hosts

Aizoaceae: Galenia sarcophylla.

Seasonal activity

September.