Rediviva (Redivivoides) kamieskroonensis ( KUHLMANN , 2012)

Rediviva (Redivivoides) kamieskroonensis ( KUHLMANN, 2012) ( Figs 1-3 View Figs 1-6 , 7-8 View Figs 7-10 , 11-13 View Figs 11-16 )

Redivivoides kamieskroonensis KUHLMANN, 2012: 9-11 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Holotype ♀ (14 km E Kamieskroon, South Africa) ( South African National Collection , Pretoria, South Africa).

The hitherto unknown male of R. kamieskroonensis View in CoL is here described for the first time.

D i a g n o s i s: The male of R. kamieskroonensis can be separated from other Redivivoides species by the following character combination: Metasomal terga partly bright red ( Figs 1, 4 View Figs 1-6 , 7, 9 View Figs 7-10 ), scutum impunctate, shagreened and predominantly matt ( Figs 3, 6 View Figs 1-6 ), S6 apically with deep, almost semi-circular emargination ( Fig. 8 View Figs 7-10 ), S7 without lateral lobes ( Fig. 11 View Figs 11-16 ) and apical plate of S8 rectangular ( Fig. 12 View Figs 11-16 ).

D e s c r i p t i o n

M a l e. Body-length: 10.5 mm (Habitus: Fig. 1 View Figs 1-6 ). Head: Head distinctly wider than long ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1-6 ). Integument black except tip of mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face densely covered with long, whitish-grey to brown, erect hairs intermixed with black hairs especially along the inner eye margins and on vertex. Clypeus mostly flat, apicomedially almost impunctate; medially finely punctate, interspaces smooth and shiny. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black, flagellum at base ventrally dark yellowish-brown. Mesosoma: Integument black. Scutum impunctate, finely shagreened and matt ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-6 ). Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long white to yellowish-grey erect hairs, on the disc of scutum and scutellum black hairs intermixed ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-6 ). Wings: Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation brown. Legs: Integument black, tibiae apically and tarsi partly dark yellowish to red-brown. Vestiture whitish with a few darker hairs on the dorsal side of the mid- and hindtibia. Metasoma: Integument dorsally mostly black, except T1 apically red, T2 red with a black spot anterior-medially, T3-T6 apically with a red margin ( Fig. 7 View Figs 7-10 ). Discs of T1-T2 sparsely covered with a long erect greyish-white hair, on following terga with short to apically longer black hairs; apical tergal hair band missing on T1, on T2-T5 well developed and white ( Fig. 7 View Figs 7-10 ). Terga impunctate, finely shagreened with a silky shine ( Fig. 7 View Figs 7-10 ). Terminalia: Genitalia ( Fig. 13 View Figs 11-16 ), S6 ( Fig. 8 View Figs 7-10 ), S7 ( Fig. 11 View Figs 11-16 ) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 12 View Figs 11-16 ) as illustrated.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d

South Africa: 1♁, 8 km WNW Leliefontein, Fynbos, road side, 30°15´58´´S 18°03´17´´E, 1190 m, 18.viii.2023, leg. M. Kuhlmann.

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts. in Namaqualand, NW South Africa.