Astata enslini MAIDL , 1924

Astata enslini MAIDL, 1924 View in CoL

Astata enslini MAIDL, 1924: 239 View in CoL , J. Holotype J, Sudan, Kordofan , Sennar (NHMW).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:nomaterialexamined.

D e s c r i p t i o n: J (after MAIDL 1924 and PULAWSKI 1959). 7.5 mm. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; mandible simple, mesally reddish brown. Legs black, with white setae, foretibia on inner side and tarsi brown. Face, frons and gena with scattered white setae. Frons with large shiny spot in front of the anterior ocellus. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, hardly wider than distance between antennal insertions (Fig. 4). Antennomere I with white setae on inner side, IV about 2× as long as apically wide. Antennomeres V-VIII concave in profile, maximal width apically. Mesoscutum anteriorly densely punctate, posteriorly smooth. Mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, with densely punctate lateral and posterior margins. Propodeal dorsum reticulate with distinct longitudinal carinae. Metasomal terga dull, with fine coriaceous microsculpture; sternum V distinctly, VI slightly emarginate. Metasomal hairbrush beginning on sternum IV, central setae very short, lateral setae twice as long as those on sternum II. Foretibia on inner side brown. Proximal half of hindfemur ventrally flattened. Midcoxa on inner side distinctly concave. Forewing with light yellowish tinge, apical margin hyaline. Marginal cell short, about twice as long as wide.

♀. Unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Northeast Africa: Sudan ( type locality).