Astata hirsuta, Hans-J, 2025

Astata hirsuta nov.sp.

Holotype: 3. Saudi Arabia, Jizan r., 2km ES Al Hasamah , 16.824N 42.978E, 22.2.2024, M. Halada. ( SE). GoogleMaps

D i a g n o s i s:3. Astata hirsuta nov.sp. is characterized by a glabrous dorsal surface of the propodeum and a completely black metasoma. From A. enslini it differs by unmodified midcoxa; from the melanistic forms of A. rufipes and A. kashmirensis by longer lateral setae of metasomal hairbrush and distinctly protruding middle clypeal lobe; from the melanistic form of A. affinis due to the absence of black bristle of hindfemur and basally concave middle antennomeres; from A. picea by the coriaceous and densely punctate metasomal tergum I and from A. aschabandensis and A. compta due to the absence of apical brown tergal bands.

D e s c r i p t i o n: 3. 10 mm. Habitus dorsal see Fig. 141 View Figs 141-146 , lateral see Fig. 142 View Figs 141-146 . Black, foretarsus and metasomal tergum VII brown. Clypeus and frons densely punctate, with long erect white setae. Middle clypeal lobe distinctly protruding beyond lateral lobe, anterior margin straight. Mandible simple. Gena and occiput finely and densely punctate, with long white setae. Antennomeres I-II with white setae; III about 4× as long as apically wide, distinctly longer than IV; V-X with inconspicuous carinate tyloids, without pale tubercles. Mesoscutum very densely punctate, moderately shiny. Mesoscutellum densely punctate, with large smooth and shiny anteromedian spot. Mesopleuron shiny, densely punctate, punctures never confluent. Ventral surface of epimeron smooth and shiny, dorsal part densely punctate. Propodeal dorsum glabrous, with distinct keels running diagonally backwards and weaker oblique keels between it. Lateral surface of propodeum and declivity strongly reticulate. Mesosoma except propodeal dorsum with white setae. Metasomal tergum I completely and II anterolaterally coriaceous, densely punctured, with white setae. Terga II-IV with dense microsculpture, dull; V-VI brownish medially. Sterna II-IV with long white setae, about as long as hindtarsomere II. Metasomal hairbrush beginning on tergum IV, central setae very short and appressed, lateral setae very long, about 1.5× as long as those of sternum II. Legs black; coxae, trochanters and femora with white setae, unmodified. Hindfemur flattened ventrally, longest ventral setae about as long as maximal width of femur. Forewing hyaline, with weak brownish tinge; basal sclerites, veins and pterostigma dark brown. Anterior margin of marginal cell about twice as long as cell height.

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D i s t r i b u t i o n: Saudi Arabia ( type locality).