Patellapis (Patellapis) braunsi, Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009

Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, Zootaxa 2099, pp. 1-188 : 47-48

Patellapis (Patellapis) braunsi sp. n. Timmermann

( Figs. 27a–h )

Diagnosis. The male is unique within this species-group in having the gonocoxa shiny. The female is unknown.

Description

Female. Unknown.

Male. Bl = 7,4–7,5mm. General habitus ( Fig. 27e ). Head. L = 1,8–1,9mm; W = 2,0– 2,1mm. Head about as wide as long. Integument black except mandibles partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area and paraocular area partly covered with whitish, erect hairs and entirely covered with appressed, white hairs. Mandibles simple. Malar area very short, linear. Antennae reddish-brown. A4 about two times longer than A3.

Mesosoma. L = 1,4–1,5mm; W (ITS) = 1,6–1,7mm. Integument black. Scutum shiny; sparsely and strongly punctuate (i = 1,5d) ( Fig. 27a ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 27b . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum with long, white, erect hairs. Propodeum except basal area and propodeal triangle with greyish, long, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 27b ; propodeum strongly and densely punctate; marginal region of posterior truncation shiny, finely reticulate. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument mostly brownish. Vestiture grey. Metasoma. L = 4,5–4,6mm; W = 2,5–2,6mm. Integument brownish-black; T (particularly T1–T2) pallid brownish anteriorly and margins translucent. Discs and marginal zones of T1–T2 shiny and sparsely punctate as illustrated in Fig. 27c . Apical plate small and angulate apically. Posterior margin of S4 with a dense row of coarse, erect bristles. S5 with erect hair patches laterally ( Fig. 27d ). S7 as illustrated in Fig. 27f . Genitalia. Genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 27g –h ; gonocoxa shiny and gonostylus with a very small, punctiform, dorso-lateral projection.

Type material ( 3 specimens). Holotype, male, South Africa, Capland , Willowmore, [S33°18' / E23°30'], 25.viii.1906, leg. Dr. Brauns (white label), SANC.

Paratypes: 2♂. South Africa. Eastern Cape : 1♂, Willowmore, 23.viii.1906, leg. Dr. Brauns, SANC Pretoria Database No. Hytm 04612, TMSA ; 1♂, idem., 08.ix.1906, SEMC .

Etymology. Dedicated to Dr. Brauns, the collector of the specimens.

Distribution ( Fig. 28). Records only exist from Willowmore in the south–western Eastern Cape.

Floral visitation. Unknown.

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). viii–ix.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Patellapis (P.) braunsi, male: a. Scutum (scale=1mm); b. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); c. Metasomal terga T1 and T2 (scale=1mm); d. Metasomal sterna (scale=1mm); e. Body (scale=1mm); f. Metasomal sterna S7, ventral view (scale=0,5mm); g. Genitalia, dorsal view (scale=0,5mm); h. Genitalia, lateral view (scale=0,5mm).