Promecilla ovtchinnikovi Lelej, 2020

Lelej, A. S., 2020, Three new species of velvet ants from the tribe Smicromyrmini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with unusual color syndrome, Far Eastern Entomologist 421, pp. 1-9 : 5-6

Promecilla ovtchinnikovi Lelej , sp. n.

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TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♀, Pakistan: NWF [currently Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] Province, Peshawar, Forestry Campus of Agricultural University , 17.VIII

2005, S. V. Ovtchinnikov [ ZIN].

DIAGNOSIS. FEMALE. Mesosoma long, 1.8 × maximal width, convergented posterad; scutellar scale lacking. T 2 in basal half and S2 with orange cuticle. Pygidial area shiny matt, slightly convex, not carinated laterally. T2 posterad with large median spot of white setae, T4–5 with median smaller spot of grayish setae. MALE unknown.

DESCRIPTION. FEMALE. Body length 8.0 mm. Ratio of head width and pronotal maximal width 80:75. Ratio of mesosoma length and pronotal maximal width

135:75. Mandible with distinct basal widening beneath. Clypeus with strong transverse setose carina which limit anterior concave shiny part, basally subtriangular,

elevated, with median tubercle. Antennal tubercle carinated above; first flagellomere

1.1 × as long as its maximal width, 1.2 × as long as flagellomere 2. Genal carina weak, forming small tooth at hypostomal carina junction. Frons, vertex and gena with dense punctures. Humeral angle of mesosoma rounded. Ratios of width at humeral angle, widest point of pronotum, anterior spiracle, propodeal spiracle and narrowest point of propodeum dorsally 60:75:75:67:60. Scutellar scale lacking.

Mesosoma dorsally and posterior propodeal face with dense punctures larger that on head. Mesopleuron smooth with vertical row of large punctures along mesopleural carina, propodeum laterally with few shallow punctures. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy carina. Meso- and metatibia each with two rows of 4–5 weak fuscous spines. Metatibio-tarsal ratios of 85:40:27:20:15:20. T2 with dense small elongate separate punctures, posteriorly smaller and denser. T3–5 with fine dense small punctures. S1 with simple longitudinal carina. S2 with sparse large punctures. S3–5 posteriorly with fine dense punctures. Pygidial area slightly convex,

not carinated laterally, glabrous matt.

Color and setation. Head brownish-red, clypeus, mandible except apex and antennae ferruginous-red; palps pale brown. Mesosoma ferruginous-red with blackish upper part of meso- and metapleuron. Legs ferruginous with apex of femur and most tibia brownish. Tibial spurs whitish. T1 ferruginous-red, brownish posteromedially.

T 2 in basal half ferruginous-red, S2 ferruginous-red, T 2 in apical half, T3–6 black;

S3–6 tinted reddish. Frons and vertex with sparse suberect and erect black setae; gena with sparse recumbent whitish setae. Mesosoma dorsally except pronotum with sparse suberect black setae. Pronotum and posterior propodeal face with sparse suberect whitish setae. Meso- and metapleuron with supracoxal spot of dense recumbent silver setae. T1 with sparse erect whitish setae. T2 medially with small subbasal patch of whitish recumbent setae. T2 posterad with large median spot of white setae and fringe of whitish setae. T4–5 with median smaller spot of grayish setae. T2–5 with sparse suberect and recumbent black setae. T6 with long, sparse erect grayish to black setae. Lateral felt line on T2 rufous. Metasomal sterna with sparse whitish setae,

which form apical fringe on S2–5.

DISTRIBUTION. Pakistan (North-West Frontier [currently Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] Province).

REMARKS. In having basal half of T2 with ferruginous-red cuticle, this species differs from other known Promecilla . This female may be the opposite sex of the P.

vinuta (Nagy, 1972), male, described from the Eastern Afghanistan (Nagy, 1972).

ETYMOLOGY. This species is named in honor of tragically died Sergey V.

Ovtchinnikov (1958–2007), who collected the holotype.

Figures

Figs 1–9. 1–3 – Ephucilla hejunhuai sp. n., holotype; 4–6 – Promecilla ovtchinnikovi sp.