Austrosphecodes krampus, Gonçalves & Pereira, 2022

Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa & Pereira, Felipe Walter, 2022, New species of the cuckoo bee genus Austrosphecodes Michener, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodini) and a key for Brazilian species, European Journal of Taxonomy 819, pp. 55-89 : 75-77

Austrosphecodes krampus sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

This species has the terga densely and coarsely punctate. It is similar to A. lucifer sp. nov., but differs by the sparsely punctate scutellum (interspaces usually as long as several puncture diameters) and by the terga mostly polished among punctures (lineolation inconspicuous). Differs from A. inornatus by the mesoscutum disc sparsely punctate with mostly polished surfaces. Differs from A. orcus sp. nov. by the strongly impressed terga punctures. Body length about 7 mm. Males are not known.

Etymology

Named after Krampus, a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as half-goat, half-demon, who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved. The name is used as a proper noun in apposition.

Material examined

Holotype BRAZIL – Santa Catarina • ♀; “DZUP\568515” “ Brasil, Santa Catarina \ 9 Km a E de Araranguá,\ 28 57S 49 25N,\ 17.xi.2002, G. Melo,\ área de dunas ”; deposited in the Coleção Entomológica Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure, Curitiba, Brazil; DZUP 568515 .

Paratype BRAZIL – Santa Catarina • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; DZUP 568516 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Head width 1.8 mm, length 1.4 mm; intertegular distance 1.1 mm; body length about 8.0 mm.

HEAD. Labrum dark amber to black. Mandible dark amber; long setae on outer and ventral margin, more concentrated on base. Clypeus black; sulcate; basal margin arcuate in the middle; loosely punctate; sparse long decumbent setae on middle; small concentration of long decumbent setae on lateral apexes. Supraclypeal area black; densely punctate (i <pd); dull interspaces; plumose decumbent setae absent in the middle, present on middle of antennae insertions and below antennae. Paraocular area black; densely punctate; dull interspaces; densely covered with whitish decumbent plumose setae on middle to bottom; upper densely punctate (i<pd) to rugose, punctures almost touching themselves; few short erect setae. Antennae mostly black; brownish on ventral surfaces of flagellomeres; scape long, almost reaching mid ocellus; few erect setae on scape; scape punctate to sparsely punctate, mostly polished; flagellomeres homogeneous covered with short whitish setae. Frons black; densely punctate (i<pd); dull interspaces; sparse long erect setae; weakly depressed above supraclypeal area. Vertex punctate to rugose, lineolate on posterior margin, less punctate and more polished near gena; few short erect setae. Gena rugose-carinate; imbricate, loosely rugose as seen on lateral view, imbricate, densely covered with decumbent whitish setae.

MESOSOMA. Pronotum rugose; covered with long whitish setae dorsally; weakly covered with tomentum as seen on lateral view; imbricate near pronotal lobe. Posterior margin of pronotum covered with tomentum. Prosternum black; imbricate, weakly covered with tomentum on the middle. Fore leg. Coxa black; dull; imbricate, covered with whitish long setae; trochanter black, imbricate, few setae; femur black on base and brown on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber; tibial spur serrate on apex, with one sharp tooth. Mesoscutum black; anterior border rugose; disc punctate to sparsely punctate (i>pd), polished; median sulcus weak. Mesepisternum black; coarsely rugose, not polished; sparse whitish long setae on lateral view; weakly covered with whitish setae on ventral surface. Mid leg. Coxa black; dull; imbricate; covered with whitish long setae; trochanter dark amber; imbricate; few setae; femur dark brown on base and lighter on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber; one simple tibial spur. Tegula amber; concentric lineolate; polished in the middle. Fore wing with 3 submarginal cells. Scutellum black; polished; few sparse punctures on disc. Metanotum black; rugulose; mostly covered with tomentum. Metepisternum rugose and dull; more carinate near tegula; weakly covered with tomentum. Hind leg. Coxa black to dark amber; dull; imbricate; presence of long whitish setae; trochanter dark amber; imbricate; few setae; femur dark brown on base and lighter on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber; two simple spurs. Hind wing with 5 hamuli. Metapostnotum weakly concave; margin rounded; areolate. Latero-dorsal surface gently declivitous, scrobiculate. Propodeum densely covered with tomentum.

METASOMA. T1 dark amber; densely punctuate. T2 dark amber; punctulate; short setae on anterior margin; posterior margin mostly polished. T3 dark amber; punctulate, imbricate; setae on anterior margin to middle; longer sparse setae on middle; T4 black; imbricate; setae on anterior margin to middle; longer sparse setae on middle. T5 black; mostly imbricate; weakly covered with long setae. Pygidial plate black; dull; without setae. S1–S3 amber; imbricate; few sparse setae. S4 black on posterior margin; imbricate; sparse setae. S5–S6 black; imbricate; few sparse long erect setae.

Figures

Fig. 6. Austrosphecodes krampus sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (DZUP 568515). A. Head. B. Mesosoma. C. Propodeum and metasoma, red arrow: punctate terga. Scale bar =1 mm.

Fig. 10. Geographic records map. A. Austrosphecodes asmodeus sp. nov., A. balrog sp. nov., A. brasiliensis (Schrottky, 1910). B. A. cerberus sp. nov., A gorgon sp. nov., A. inornatus (Schrottky, 1902). C. A. jurupari sp. nov., A. krampus sp. nov., A. lucifer sp. nov. D. A. minarum (Schrottky, 1910), A. orcus sp. nov., A. tartarus sp. nov.