Cryptus ayseae Kaplan, 2024

Kaplan, Emin, 2024, Four new species of Darwin wasps from Türkiye, Zootaxa 5424 (4), pp. 456-466 : 457-459

Cryptus ayseae Kaplan sp. nov.

( Figs 1 & 2 )

Material. Holotype: Female, Türkiye, Bingöl, Genç, Direkli , N 38 o 36’ 27.32’’, E 40 o 22’ 16.12’’, 988 m, 16.V.2021, leg, E. Kaplan.

Description (Holotype). Female (n=1). Body length 12.9 mm, fore wing length 6.1 mm, ovipoitor length 2.9 mm.

Head. 1.2 × as long as wide ( Fig. 2B ). Clypeus sparsely punctate, 0.55–1.4 × as long as maximum width, weakly convex in lateral view, its apical margin rounded, setae, without a median tooth. Face 0.3 × as long as maximum wide, densely and finely punctate, weakly convex medially in lateral view. Frons shiny, irregularly rugose. Length of malar space 1.07 × as long as basal mandibular width ( Fig. 2B ). Lower part of occipital carina raised and projecting lobe, its lower end joining hypostomal carina. Base of mandible almost convex. Upper tooth of mandible as long as lower tooth. Antenna with 36 flagellomeres. FL1 5.6 × as long as maximum width in lateral view, 1.2 × as long as FL2, and 2.2 × as long as FL4 ( Fig. 2C ).

Mesosoma. Polished ( Fig. 2D ). Lateral aspect of pronotum punctate and strigose. Epomia present. Posterior end of notauli reached to middle of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum and scutellum punctate densely ( Fig. 2E ). Mesopleuron largely reticulate rugose except a small smooth area on speculum. Metapleuron punctate ( Fig. 2D ). Juxtacoxal carina present. Propodeum shiny, densely punctate-rugose. Anterior section of lateromedian longitudinal carina not present. Anterior transverse carina and posterior transverse carina complete, its dorso-lateral part more or less strongly raised and form as strong apophysis. Pleural carina present. Propodeal spiracle not elongate ( Fig. 2F ). Fore wing areolet pentagonal, nervellus of hind wing not intercepted below the middle by second abscissa of Cu vein. Hind femur 5.2× as long as maximum depth in lateral view ( Fig. 2H ). Hind tibia in lateral view with nine spines. Hind tarsal segment lengths, I: II: III: IV: V = 4.0: 2.0: 1.6: 1.3: 1.6.

Metasoma. Shiny, covered with very sparse, fine punctures. T1 2.6 × as long as maximum width, with smooth area posteriorly, without latero-median carina and dorso-lateral carina. T2 0.9 × as long as maximum width ( Fig. 2G ). Ovipositor half as long as fore wing, its sheath as long as hind tibia.

Colouration. Body (excluding wings) black to blackish brown ( Fig. 2A ). Frons, clypeus, mandible, mouth parts, antenna and ocellar area complate black ( Fig. 2B ). Also, a very small yellow spot at the back top of post compoud eyes. Mesosoma entirely black. All coxae and trochanters black ( Fig. 2D ); fore leg, femur anteriorly brownish, posteriorly black, tibia dorsally brownish and basally black, tarsal segments black; in mid leg, femur anteriorly brownish, posteriorly black, tibia and tarsal segments brownish black; hind leg entirely black. Wings hyaline, more or less darkened. Veins and pterostigma dark brownish to black ( Fig. 2H ). Metasoma brownish black. T1 black, T2- T3 brown, T4 apically black, basally brown, T5-T8 black ( Fig. 2A ). Ovipositor brown and sheath black.

Male. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to the author’s aunt, Ayse Kaplan, who died at a young age after falling from a rock in 1984.

Host: Unknown.

Remarks. This species resembles Cryptus dianae Gravenhorst, 1829 from Palaearctic in some character states especially colouration but it can be distinguished by the ovipositor being longer than half length of fore wing (the ovipositor being shorter than half length of fore wing in C. dianae ). It can be further distinguished by the antenna black without a white band (brownish black antenna with white band in C. dianae ), and the hind femur black (reddish brown in C. dianae ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map showing where the species Cryptus ayseae (1), Mesostenus kamileae (2), Ichneumon licensis (3) and Exochus ahmedi (4) were collected from eastern Türkiye.

FIGURE 2. Cryptus ayseae Kaplan sp. nov., female (holotype): A. habitus (lateral view); B. head (frontal view); C. portion of antennae (ventral view); D. head and mesosoma (lateral view); E. mesosoma (dorsal view); F. mesosoma and propodeum (dorsal view); G. terga (dorsal view); H. fore wing (dorsal view). Scale bar: 1 mm (A, E); 0.5 mm (B, C, D, F, G, H).