Diploplectron alexandri Kazenas, 1996

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2025, Review of the Palaearctic species of Diploplectron W. Fox, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Astatidae), Contributions to Entomology 75 (2), pp. 371-379 : 371-379

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scientific name	Diploplectron alexandri Kazenas, 1996
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Diploplectron alexandri Kazenas, 1996 View in CoL

Diploplectron alexandri Kazenas, 1996: 936, ♂. Holotype ♂. Kazakhstan, 60–80 km northeast of Irghiz ( ZIN). – Kazenas 2000: 179, ♂; key, description. View in CoL

Material examined.

Not examined.

Description

(from Kazenas 1996, 2000).

Male. Body length 4–4.5 mm. Black. Antenna brown, partly yellowish-brown. Legs predominantly brown, femora reddish apically, tibiae reddish apically and basally, fore tibia with yellowish spot medially. Fore tarsus yellowish-brown, mid and hind tarsus brown. Middle clypeal lobe linguiform protruding, apically rounded (Fig. 9 View Figures 1–16 ), slightly bent upwards, smooth and shiny; lateral lobes with transverse striae. Malar space twice as long as diameter of anterior ocellus. Frons with longitudinal furrow. Antennomeres II – III laterally with obliquely protruding setae. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesopleuron smooth and shiny; mesoscutum anteriorly with small punctures and setae, mesopleuron with scattered fine punctures and long setae. Propodeal dorsum finely micro-reticulated, posterior surface smooth and shiny. Wings hyaline, forewing veins brown, partly colourless. Subcosta and costa pale yellow before pterostigma, pterostigma pale brown with pale yellow margin. Marginal cell markedly short, anterior margin maximal about half as long as posterior height (Fig. 1 View Figures 1–16 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution

(Fig. 35 View Figure 35 ). Kazakhstan (type locality).