Austronomia pilipes (Smith, 1875)

Austronomia pilipes (Smith, 1875) View in CoL

Figs 2 A, B View Figure 2 , 4 View Figure 4

Nomia pilipes Smith, 1875 View in CoL .

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 1 ♀, 27 October 2020, A. Ahmad • 7 ♀ 5 ♂, 18 November 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♂, 23 November 2020, A. Sajjad .

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 4 A, B View Figure 4 ): Body length ranges from 10–12 mm. Male (Fig. 4 C, D View Figure 4 ): Body length ranges from 10–11 mm. Head: Closely punctured and densely pubescent, antennae black, longitudinal carina absent on the clypeus, supraclypeal area and clypeus normally convex, head covered with glittering white pubescence. Mesosoma: Closely punctured and densely pubescent, truncate, posteriorly pubescent, bare sides; in the middle, smooth, nearly impunctate; the space at the base very coarsely punctured and concave; scutum, scutellum, and post-scutellum covered with dense beige scaly pubescence, testaceous tegulae. Wings hyaline with testaceous veins. Sides of the mesosoma covered with glittering white pubescence, abundant glittering white scopa on the hind legs. Metasoma: Slightly shiny, convex, and broad with a few dispersed punctures at the bases of the segments, terga 1–5 with glittering white pubescent apical bands. Genitalia (Fig. 4 E, F View Figure 4 ): Genital gonobase small and robust, gonocoxite wider at the base and becoming narrower at the apex, gonostylus slender, and penis valves wider in the middle.

Distribution.

Lipotriches (Austronomia) pilipes is only distributed in Pakistan and India ( Pauly 2009; Gupta 2013; Ascher and Pickering 2024).

Observed floral hosts.

Salsola baryosma , Tamarix aphylla , and Datura fastuosa .