Pareumenes (Nortonia) mochii Giordani Soika, 1938

Pareumenes (Nortonia) mochii Giordani Soika, 1938 View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 )

Pareumenes mochii Giordani Soika, 1938: 113 View in CoL , ♀ (in subgenus Nortonia )

— “ Somalia italiana: Warden ” ( MSNVE) .

Diagnosis. Placed in the subgenus Nortonia due to the propodeal valvula not markedly exceeding the apex of the propodeum and the bell-shaped, short and basally angled T1, it is recognized from the other species of the subgenus by the mostly impunctate and velvety body, the short clypeus with apical margin narrower than interantennal space, the strongly convex and bulging vertex and gena, the absence of the pronotal carina, the weakly sinuate lateral carina of propodeum, the decolorate and reflexed apical margin of T2, the basally bulging S2 with a longitudinal ridge limited to the basal bulge, and the extensive yellow and bright red pattern on black background.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF PAREUMENES MOCHII : ♀ labeled “Coll. A. Mochi / X. 35 / Warden / Somalia // leptogaster Walk. // Pareumenes / ( Nortonia ) / Mochii n.sp. / Giordani Soika det. 1939 // HOLOTYPUS / Pareumenes (Nortonia) / mochii n.sp. / A Giordani Soika [red label]” ( MSNVE).

Distribution. Somalia ( Giordani Soika 1938, 1973) ( Fig. 13G View FIGURE 13 ).