Pristomerus dundeei, Klopfstein, Seraina, 2016

Klopfstein, Seraina, 2016, Revising Australian Pristomerus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae): species with a tooth on the hind femur, Zootaxa 4168 (2), pp. 201-238 : 213-214

Pristomerus dundeei n. sp.

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Etymology. This name refers to one of the most famous Australians, the character 'Crocodile Dundee' from the 1986 comedy movie set in the Australian outback.

Description. Fore wing length 6.7–7.3 mm (holotype: 6.7 mm). Antenna with 41–46 (45) flagellomeres. Mesoscutum with only a few punctures along front margin and sometimes along notauli. Scutellum without or with very few indistinct punctures, smooth in-between. Mesopleuron with strong and rather dense punctures, smooth inbetween; below subtegular ridge smooth and with some punctures, without any parallel, diagonal carinulae. Metapleuron with juxacoxal carina absent or at most present as a short basal carina. Propodeal areas smooth with strong punctures. Hind coxa smooth and shining between strong punctures. Hind femur length to width ratio 2.7– 2.8 in male and 3.4–3.9 (3.45) in female, ventrally with a large tooth that is longer than width of hind tibia at mid length, and adjacent smaller teeth. Hind tibia 2.5–2.7 mm. Second tergite 2.4–2.6 (2.5) × longer than wide at base, smooth and shining. Ovipositor 2.1–2.3 × as long as hind tibia.

Colouration. Antenna basally orange, remainder brown or black. Head entirely orange. Mesosoma and legs entirely orange, hind femur, with apex yellow, hind tibia, sometimes with apex darkened. Fore wing slightly to strongly infuscate, brown. Metasoma orange, tergites with narrow, light apical bands, in the male often with apical tergites with some darkened markings.

Material examined. Holotype ♀: Label data: ' 12.39S 142.42E; 4km NE Batavia Downs; 11 Dec 1992 — 17 Jan 1993; Malaise Trap; P. Zborowski'; at ANIC.

Paratypes: as holotype, QLD— 4km NE Batavia Downs , Malaise trap, 12.39°S / 142.42°E; 11.xii.1992 – 17.i.1993, leg. P.Zborowski; 7 ♀ and 4 Ƌ (1 Ƌ cf.), at ANIC; 1 ♀ and 1 Ƌ, at BMNH. QLD— 3km W Batavia Downs , Malaise trap, 12.40°S / 142.39°E; 16.ii.–08.iii.1993, leg. J. Cunningham ; 1 ♀, at ANIC.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Holotype of Pristomerus dundeei sp. nov. A. Habitus and ovipositor tip. B. Face. C. Mesoscutum and head from above. D. Head and mesosoma from lateral. E. Propodeum. F. Metasoma. Scale bars represent 1 mm (A) and 0.5 mm (B, C, D, E, F).

FIGURE 26. Distribution maps for the species covered in this work, with the exception of P. atrifemur Girault for which only specimens of uncertain identification or with vague locality data were available.