Smicromyrme (Smicromyrme) burgeri Schmid-Egger, 2021

Schmid-Egger, Christian & Schmidt, Stefan, 2021, Unexpected diversity in Central European Vespoidea (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Myrmosidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Thynnidae, Vespidae), with description of two species of Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870, ZooKeys 1062, pp. 49-72 : 49

Smicromyrme (Smicromyrme) burgeri Schmid-Egger sp. nov.

Figures 8-13 , 24

Material.

Holotype Germany • female; Bavaria, Nürnberg, E Zirndorf NSG Hainberg ; 49.43°N, 10.99°E; 23 Jun. 2008; Schmid-Egger leg.; coll. ZSM, BC ZSM HYM 10590 . Paratypes Germany - Bavaria • 3 females; same collecting data as holotype, leg. Schmid-Egger leg.; BC ZSM HYM 10590 , BC ZSM HYM 10591 , BC ZSM HYM 10592 . - Hesse • 1 male; Nauheim ; 49.94°N, 8.44°E; 16 Jul. 2008; G. Reder leg.; BC ZSM HYM 08149 • 1 male; Bavaria, Nürnberg, Tennenloher Forst; 49.57°N, 11.04°E; 22 Jun. 2008; Schmid-Egger leg.; BC ZSM HYM 06577 . - Rhineland-Palatinate • 1 female; Birkenheide; 49.49°N, 8.27°E; 2 Jul. 2008; G. Reder leg., BC ZSM HYM 08195 • 1 male; Monsheim; 49.63°N, 8.21°E; 5 Jul. 2008, G. Reder leg.; BC ZSM HYM 08148 . France • 1 male; Alpes Martimes, Col de Cayolle , 1.5 km S; 44.244°N, 6.756°E; 1890 m a.s.l.; 14 Jul. 2010; Schmid-Egger leg.; BC ZSM HYM 10617 (all in coll. CSE and ZSM) .

Additional material examined.

Specimens without barcode sequence, excluded from paratype series: Germany - Rhineland-Palatinate • 1 female; Hagenbach ; 49.02°N, 8.20°E; 13 Jun. 2009; G. Reder leg. , • 1 female; Wachenheim ; 49.44°N, 8.17°E; 9 Aug. 1996, Schmid-Egger leg. ; • 1 female; Ingelheim ; 49.99°N, 8.06°E; Schmid-Egger leg. ; - Baden-Württemberg • 1 female; Grißheim; 47.87°N, 7.57°E; 27 Jul. 1997; Schmid-Egger leg. , • 1 female; Kronau ; 49.22°N, 8.62°E; 17 Jul. 1989; Schmid-Egger leg. ; • 1 female; Muellheim Schwaerze ; 47.81°N, 7.68°E; 26 Jul. 1992 ; France • 1 female; northern Vosges, Niederbronn-les-Bains ; 48.95°N, 7.63°E; 2 Aug. 1991; Schmid-Egger leg. (all in coll CSE).

Diagnosis.

Smicromyrme burgeri sp. nov. resembles S. rufipes but the female has the frons with short dark setae, whereas S. rufipes has the frons with a distinct patch of long, golden setae. The golden setae may be shorter in small specimens of S. rufipes but they are always distinctly visible and allow a reliable identification. Females from traps with worn setation cannot be reliably identified. For the separation of S. burgeri sp. nov. from S. langobardensis sp. nov., see under this species.

Description.

Holotype female. Body length 5.5 mm. Colour. Black with the following parts red: clypeus, antennal base, antennomeres 1-4 (antennal apex black), mandible apart from black apex, mesosoma apart from black spot on pronotum medially, first tergite laterally, legs (tibia with some dark above). Morphology. Body with long erect setae, longest setae as long as fore tibia. Setae on dorsal side of body dark, lateral setae, and setae on underside of body white. Frons and mesosoma above with a few black adpressed setae. The following parts with spot or band of silver adpressed setae: tergite II mediobasally with a large, subcircular spot, laterally each with a longitudinal spot, apically with band. Tergite III completely covered with such pilosity. Propodeum with lamella, as large as width of middle flagellomeres. Pygidial area with longitudinal striae, reaching apex, apically somewhat divergent.

Variation.

Female paratypes morphologically similar to the holotype, body length 4.0-5.5 mm.

Description of male paratypes.

Body length 7.0-9.0 mm. Colour. Black with the following parts red: collare, mesoscutum, scutellum, tegula. The male from France has the collare medially and the tegula black. Males agree in morphology with S. rufipes (see key and description in Lelej and Schmid-Egger (2005) and Petersen (1988)). Genitalia see Fig. 24 .

Distribution.

Smicromyrme burgeri sp. nov. is known from the upper Rhine valley in Germany, an area from near the Swiss border in the south and the Frankfurt area in the north. Other records include sand dunes near Nuremberg in northern Bavaria. In addition, a male from the southern Alps in France was examined. The species has a typical southwest-submediterranean distribution with expansion to south-western Germany. The species is expected to occur elsewhere in southern France and northern Spain. Some records of S. rufipes mentioned by Petersen (1988) from southern France and Spain may refer to this species.

Etymology.

The species is named after Frank Burger as a specialist for aculeate wasps and bees. He supported the research on Mutillidae by CSE during the initial phase of the project.

Figures

Figures 8 - 13. Smicromyrme burgeri sp. nov. 8 - 11 female holotype 8 habitus in dorsal view 9 habitus in lateral view 10 head in frontal view 11 tergite S 6 12, 13 male paratype 12 habitus in dorsal view 13 habitus in lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm for all images.

Figures 23 - 26. Genitalia, males 23 Smicromyrme rufipes 24 Smicromyrme burgeri sp. nov. 25 Smicromyrme langobardensis sp. nov. 26 Dolichovespula pacifica.