Patellapis (Chaetalictus) natalensis Timmermann & Kuhlmann 2009, sp. n.
| Main Authors: | Timmermann, Kim, Kuhlmann, Michael |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2009
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5318972 |
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- Patellapis (Chaetalictus) natalensis sp. n. Timmermann (Figs. 74a–f) Diagnosis. The male is similar to those of P. turneri and P. africana in having a row of several (up to 20), erect bristles on the posterior margin of S4 and a hairy, doso–lateral projection on the gonostylus. The male of P. natalensis is characterised by a row of about 20 bristles on the posterior margin of S4, of which the lateral ones are greatly enlarged. The female is unknown. Description Female. Unknown. Male. Bl = 5,0mm. Head. L = 1,4mm; W = 1,6mm. Head wider than long (Fig. 74a). Integument black except mandibles, malar area, clypeus, paraocular area and supraclypeal area partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and vertex covered with erect, brown and pallid brownish hairs. Mandibles simple. Antennae reddish-brown. Flagellomeres of normal structure (not knotty). A4 as long as A3. Mesosoma. L = 1,0mm; W (ITS) = 1,1mm. Integument black. Scutum shiny; sparsely punctate (i = 2,0–2,5d); surface finely reticulate (Fig. 74b). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 74c. Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with greyish to brownish, erect hairs. Pronotal lobe reddish-brown. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 74c; propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation slightly shiny and coarsely sculptured. Wings. Slightly fuscouse apically. Legs. Integument reddish-brown. Vestiture greyish and pallid brownish. Metasoma. L = 2,6mm; W = 1,3mm. Integument brownish except the margins of T pallid brown; margins of T broadly translucent; metasomal terga T1 – T2 as illustrated in Fig. 74d. Apical plate broad; rounded apically. Posterior margin of S4with a sparse row of about 20, curled, erect bristles; bristles enlarged laterally. Metasomal sterna S5–S6 without dense hair patches (Fig. 74e). S7 and S8 as illustrated in Fig. 74f. Genitalia. Gonocoxa extensively dull; gonostylus with dorso-lateral, broad and long, hyaline projection; projection with a sparse row of long, curled hairs. Type material (1 specimen). Holotype, male, Free State, Van Reenen, 23.–26.i.1927, leg. R. E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1927–62, BMNH. Etymology. Named for the previous South African province Natal. Distribution (Fig. 76). Only known from Van Reenen (Free State). Floral visitation. Unknown. Seasonal activity (first–last observations). i.
- Published as part of Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, pp. 1-188 in Zootaxa 2099 on pages 109-110, DOI: 10.17863/cam.5647, http://zenodo.org/record/5311462