Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species

El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Soliman, Ahmed M. (2015): Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3999 (2): 298-300, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.1

Amphimela raydahensis Torkey & Dhafer, 2015, sp. nov.

<i>Amphimela raydahensis</i> sp. nov. <p> <b>Type specimens:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: “ Saudi Arabia, Asir Province, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.749’N 42°23.345’E, Alt. 1614 m, 21.II.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A.” (KSMA).</p> <p>PARATYPES: Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.884’N 42°24.435’E, 2387 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem, M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♂, KSMA); Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°13.347’N 42°24.133’E, 2717 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♂, KSMA); Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.766’N 42°24.315’E, 2285 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♀, KSMA).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. Body shape sub-elliptical elongate (LB = 7.5 mm); reddish-brown with almost apical half of elytra, and humeral callus black (Fig. 3), clearly convex; maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 3.3 mm).</p> <p>Head with frons and vertex very densely punctate (Fig. 9); orbital line obvious; interantennal space wider than length of first antennomere; eyes large, sub-elliptical; clypeus short, sub-rectangular; labrum sub-rectangular, with apical margin rounded; mandibles reddish-brown with apical points black; antennae filiform, reddish-brown, clearly shorter than body length (LAN = 2.97 mm; LAN/LB = 0.396 mm; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.26 mm); length of antennomeres 0.38, 0.15, 0.2, 0.23, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, and 0.33 mm, respectively (right antenna).</p> <p>Pronotum slightly transverse (LP = 1.5 mm; WP/LP = 1.67 mm), clearly convex, basally slightly wider, with maximum width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); lateral margin bordered; anterior and posterior margins very finely bordered; anterior angles protruding; posterior angles slightly pointed (Fig. 14); densely punctate, with slightly larger and deeper punctures laterally than on disc. Scutellum triangular, with fine border, with fine punctures.</p> <p>Elytra reddish-brown, with apical half black (sometimes black band extended forward laterally near basal margin of elytra); slightly elongate (LE = 10 mm; LE/LP = 6.67 mm), slightly narrower from middle to apex, laterally moderately parallel, apically rounded, covering pygidium; elytral punctures striate, sparse and fine; intervals wide, with fine small micropunctures; humeral callus protruding.</p> <p>Legs reddish-brown, with dark reddish-brown claws; covered apically and basally by pubescence; tibiae, especially hind tibiae, dorsally moderately but not deeply channeled (Fig. 15); All tarsi with a pad of fine setae ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; abdomen slightly convex, sparsely punctate and pubescent (LV 2.5 mm), last abdominal sternite bisinuate and truncate medially (Fig. 12). Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view subparallel, with a slightly oval groove underside (LA 2.05 mm) and apically with acute rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe slightly curved, (Figs. 16, 17 and 18).</p> <p> <b>Variability.</b> Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of two males (Fig. 5): LB = 6.45 & 6.85 mm; LP = 1.15 & 1.4 mm; WP = 2.45 & 2.5 mm; LE = 4.4 & 4.75 mm; WE = 3 & 3.3 mm; LV = 2.4 & 2.5 mm; LA = 1.8 & 2 mm). Some specimens slightly darker in colour (reddish brown). Females generally slightly smaller than males (measurements of female (Fig. 4): LB = 6.4 mm; LP = 1.3 mm; WP = 2.4 mm; LE = 4.6 mm; WE = 3.0 mm; LV = 2.5 mm (Fig. 13); LS = 0.74 mm). Spermatheca hook-shaped with well sclerotized duct (Fig. 19).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Southwestern Saudi Arabia (Garf Raydah Nature Reserve).</p> <p> <b>Habitat.</b> This species was collected by black light traps at different elevations (1,614-2,717 m a.s.l.). This area was dominated by <i>Juniperus procera</i> Hochst ex. Endl., <i>Olea europaea africana</i> (Burm.f.) Green, and <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> (L.) Miller (Figs. 2 a, b and c).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named after the geographical location of the types.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species is most similar to two Afrotropical species, <i>A. citri</i> known from Ghana and <i>A. quadrinotata</i> described from Uganda, but can easily be distinguished by the following key.</p> <p> 1 Elytra reddish-brown, apical half black (Figs. 3, 4)......................................... <i>Amphimela raydahensis</i></p> <p>- Elytra with two or four reddish-brown spots................................................................2</p> <p> 2 Elytra bluish-black, with two large reddish-brown spots sub-basally behind humeral callus (Fig. 8). Body of moderate size, LB = 5.4 mm................................................................................ <i>Amphimela citri</i></p> <p> - Elytra bluish-green with four large reddish-brown spots (Fig. 7). Body small, LB = 3.3 mm........ <i>Amphimela quadrinotata</i></p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on pages 435-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Figs. 10–11. 10 in First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula

Figs. 10–11. 10) Location of Gabal Shada Alalaa Nature Reserve in Saudi Arabia; 11) Habitat of Ancylopus melanocephalus with Acacia gerrardii in southwestern Saudi Arabia.Published as part of <i>Torkey, Ashraf M. El & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 824-827 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4)</i> on page 826, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.824, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114075">http://zenodo.org/record/10114075</a&gt

Figs. 1–6. Ancylopus melanocephalus. 1 in First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula

Figs. 1–6. Ancylopus melanocephalus. 1) Male, habitus; 2) Female, habitus; 3) Aedeagus, dorsal view. 4) Aedeagus, lateral view; 5) Aedeagus, ventral view; 6) Abdomen and abdominal terminal segment, male.Published as part of <i>Torkey, Ashraf M. El & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 824-827 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4)</i> on page 825, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.824, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114075">http://zenodo.org/record/10114075</a&gt

Amphimela citri Bryant 1922

<i>Amphimela citri</i> (Bryant, 1922) <p> <b>Type specimens examined:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: Ghana: Ojesu, Ashanti (A. E. Evans) (BMNH). PARATYPES: Gold Coast, Aburi, 9.II.1916, W. H. Patterson (♂, BMNH); Ojesu, Ashanti (A. E. Evans) (♀♀, BMNH).</p> <p>Body shape elliptical, convex (LB = 5.4 mm); bluish-black, with two reddish-brown large spots on the subbasal part of elytra and two small spots on frons (Fig. 8). Head very finely punctured; labrum yellow, with apical margin curved; clypeus short; with two small reddish-brown spots on frons (Fig. 10); mandibles dark and pointed; eyes elliptical, large; antennae filiform, reddish-brown basally, segments 5th–11th darker. Prothorax bluish-black (LP = 1.1 mm), finely and evenly punctured, transverse, maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); with lateral sides margined and narrow margins apically and basally; anterior angles produced and acute, posterior angles pointed. Scutellum triangular, bluish-black (reddish in some individuals). Elytra bluish-black, with two large reddish-brown spots sub-basally behind humeral callus; elongate (LE = 3.5 mm); broader basally than apically with maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 3.0 mm), sparsely punctate-striate, with intervals finely punctured; humeral callus slightly protruding. Legs reddish-brown to dark brown; hind femora swollen; a small spine at apex of hind tibiae; all tarsi with a pad of setae ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; sternites strongly punctured; first abdominal segment strongly punctured and densely setose, remaining segments with scattered punctures and slightly pubescent. Male with last abdominal segment sinuate (rounded in female).</p> <p>Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of one male: LB = 5.1 mm; LP = 1.0 mm; WP = 2.4 mm; LE = 3.3 mm; WE = 2.9 mm; LA = 1.99 mm; Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view parallel and narrow basally, venter with oval groove (LA = 1.99 mm) and apically with rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe curved, (Figs. 24, 25 and 26). Females generally slightly larger than males (measurements of females: LB = 5.5 & 5.6 mm; LP = 1.0 & 1.1 mm; WP = 2.6 & 2.7 mm; LE = 3.6 & 3.8 mm; WE = 3.1 & 3.2 mm; LS = 0.43 mm). Spermatheca hook-shaped and duct sclerotized (Fig. 27).</p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on page 431, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Ancylopus melanocephalus

Ancylopus melanocephalus (Olivier, 1808) Diagnosis. Body elongate-oval and of moderate size, length 4.0–6.0 mm; the elytra almost always with black maculae laterally and longitudinal band along the sutural line; elytral basal edge thickened and raised; labrum with sides subparallel; mandible with acute apex. Female pronotum with lateral sulci connected medially by an arcuate ridge. Male mesofemur with a fringe of long hairs along inner edge. Ancylopus melanocephalus can be distinguished from its congeners by a body length of 4.0–6.0 mm, mesotibia of male with inner margin slightly undulate and without a tooth, and the inner edge of the metatibia with minute serrations (Figs. 1–6). The species most similar to A. melanocephalus is Ancylopus ceylonicus Strohecker, 1971 known from Ceylon. Both species can be distinguished by the following key. Additionally, A. ceylonicus can be distinguished by the ferruginous color of the head, antennae, and legs and the black scutellum. The elytral suture, elytral apex, and elytral lateral margin are black, as well as a large, mediolateral elytral spot (Figs. 7). The male genitalia are also different (compare Fig. 3 and Fig. 8). 1. Mesotibia of male slightly widened and without a tooth. Elytra with 3 black maculae laterally and longitudinal band along sutural line........................ Ancylopus melanocephalus 1′. Mesotibia of male obtusely widened internally near mid-length (Fig. 9). Elytra with sutural area, apex, side margin and large mediolateral spot black.................................................................................... Ancylopus ceylonicus Material Examined. KSA, AlBahah, Gabal Shada Alalaa Nature Reserve, 19°51.066′N 41°18.037′E, Alt. 1,325 m, 27.I.2015, Al Dhafer, H.; Fadl, H.; Abdaldayem, M.; El Torkey, A. & El Gharbawy, A., (1 ♂, 1 ♀), light traps near Acacia gerrardii Benth. (Fabaceae) (KSMA). Habitat. The two specimens were collected by blacklight traps deployed for a study to document the insect biodiversity of Gabal Shada Alalaa Nature Reserve in southwestern KSA (Figs. 10). This area is dominated by A. gerrardii (Fig. 11).Published as part of Torkey, Ashraf M. El & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 824-827 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4) on pages 824-825, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.82

Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

El Torkey, Ashraf M., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. (2015): Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa 4028 (3): 430-440, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.

Amphimela quadrinotata Bryant 1936

<i>Amphimela quadrinotata</i> (Bryant, 1936) <p> <b>Type specimens examined:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: Uganda: Kampala, 9.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (BMNH). PARATYPES: Uganda: Kampala, 11.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (♂, BMNH); Uganda: Kampala, 10.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves), (♀, BMNH), Uganda: Kampala, 9.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (♀, BMNH).</p> <p>Body shape elliptical, convex, small (LB = 3.3 mm), bluish-green-, with four large reddish-brown spots on the elytra (Fig. 7), 1st–5th antennal segments, tibiae, tarsi, coxae and abdominal sternities reddish-brown. Head greenish-blue (Fig. 11), finely punctured, labrum black and impunctate with curved anterior margin; clypeus short; antennae passing a little base of elytra, the first basal segments from 1-5 reddish-brown, and the rest darker and slightly pubescent. Prothorax bluish-green (LP = 0.5 mm), finely and evently punctured, transverse, with maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 1.4 mm) and strongly contracted in front, lateral sides margined. Scutellum triangular, impunctate, bluish-green. Elytra bluish-green (LE = 2.4 mm), with four large reddish-brown spots, sub-cylindrical, maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 1.9 mm), rounded at apex, finely sparsely punctate-striate, feebly toward apex, with intervals finely punctured; humeral callus feebly protruding. Coxa, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown; femora bluish-green; hind femora swollen; a small spine at apex of hind tibiae; all tarsi with hair pad ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; sternites strongly punctured; first abdominal segment punctuated and with dense hairs, the remaining segments with scattered punctures and slightly pubescent. Male with last abdominal segment sinuate (rounded in female).</p> <p>Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of male (n=1): LB = 3.4 mm; LP = 0.6 mm; WP = 1.5 mm; LE = 2.5 mm; WE = 1.8 mm; LA = 1.07 mm); Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view parallel in ⅔ and narrow basally, with narrow groove underside (LA = 1.07 mm) and apically with rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe bent in ⅓ of its length, (Figs. 20, 21 and 22). Females generally slightly larger than males (measurements of females: LB = 3.5 & 3.6 mm; LP = 0.5 & 0.7 mm; WP = 1.3 & 1.9 mm; LE = 2.5 & 2.9 mm; WE = 1.6 & 1.9 mm; LS = 0.34 mm). Spermatheca narrow, converted C-shaped with very small base and sclerotised duct (Fig. 23).</p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on pages 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Macromyrme leleji Soliman, sp. nov.

Macromyrme leleji Soliman, sp. nov. (Figs 1–5, 7, 8) Type material. Holotype FEMALE: Egypt (Wadi Isla, South Sinai), 28 ° 20 ' 59 "N 33 ° 52 ' 35 "E 17.III. 1990 [CUC]. Paratypes: 2 Ƥ, Egypt (St. Catherine, South Sinai), 28 ° 33 ' 17 "N 33 ° 56 ' 55 "E, 6.V. 2006, [CUC & Lelej's Collection]. Description. Body length: 13–16 mm. Colouration: Head dark ferruginous-red, with slight blackish tint particularly on gena, clothed beneath with pale setae; frons and vertex sparsely clothed with mixed recumbent pale and erect black setae; antenna (including antennal tubercle) and mandible light reddish-brown, latter black apically. Mesosoma dark ferruginous-red, distinctly blackish laterally; mesosomal dorsum sparsely clothed with semi-erect black setae (erect on pronotal anterior declivity and propodeal posterior face); legs ferruginous-red, clothed with yellowish setae, tibial spurs ferruginous. Metasoma black, sparsely clothed with long yellowish setae on sterna (forming apical fringes on S 2 – S 5). T 1 and T 2 more or less clothed with black setae; latter subbasally decorated with two large yellow setal spots disposed transversally and separated by distance at most equal to their own diameter; T 2 posteromedially decorated with small transverse yellow setal triangular band. T 3 entirely covered with band; those spots and bands formed of yellowish setae. T 4 and T 5 clothed with mixed long erect yellowish and black setae. T 6 with black setal delimiting pygidial area. Head. Remarkably enlarged; in dorsal view, subquadrate, significantly wider than mesosoma and approximately 0.8× as wide as T 2, strongly convex and prolonged behind eyes, with posterolateral angles broadly rounded and occipital margin nearly straight. Vertex and frons coarsely reticulo-punctate. Eyes small, ovoid, widely separated from mandibular articulation (malar space about 0.8 LED). Scrobal carina well-developed. Antennal tubercles large, rounded, carinate above. Clypeus with deeply concave median area delimited above by elevated bituberculate portion, clypeal anterior margin straight, laterally distinctly tuberculate. Mandible robust, blunt apically, with subbasal blunt tooth inside. F 1 cylindrical throughout, 1.5× longer than its maximal width, as long as F 2 and F 3 combined. Mesosoma. Quadrangular, slightly longer than its maximal width, nearly parallel sided behind pronotum, dorsally reticulate-punctate. Pronotum slightly widened, anteriorly slightly arcuate, with humeral angles acute. Scutellar scale very small but visible. Propodeal posterior face abruptly declivitous, coarsely punctate. Meso- and metapleuron polished and shiny. Mid and hind tibiae with double row of strong spines. Metasoma. Ovoid, sessile. T 1 notably wider than long (transverse). T 2 longitudinally wrinkled on anterior third, largely to finely reticulo-punctate posteriorly. Pygidial area strongly widened anteriorly, pointed posteriorly, longitudinally irregularly wrinkled on basal two thirds, finely sculptured apically and bordered laterally with distinct carina. S 1 with large blunt tooth. MALE. Unknown. Distribution. Egypt (South Sinai). Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Arkady S. Lelej, authority on Mutillidae and Aculeate classification and evolution.Published as part of El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Oshaibah, Alaa Din A., Salem, Magdi M. H., Hosni, Mohammad T., Abdel-Rhman, Abdel-Rhman G. & Soliman, Ahmed M., 2011, Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt, pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 2863 on pages 64-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20135

Macromyrme binotata Radoszkowski 1879

<i>Macromyrme binotata</i> (Radoszkowski 1879) <p>(Fig. 7)</p> <p> <i>Mutilla binotata</i> Radoszkowski 1879: Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 15: 150, Ƥ [Type locality: "Caucasus", holotype in Krakow Inst. Syst. Exper. Zool.].</p> <p> <i>Mutilla araratica</i> Radoszkowski 1890: Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 24(3/4): 507, Ƥ [Type locality: Ararat Mt. (Turkey), syntypes in Krakow Inst. Syst. Exper. Zool]. Synonymized by Lelej 1984: 828.</p> <p> <i>Macromyrme binotata</i>: Lelej 2002: Cat. Mutill. Pal.: 41.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The differences of <i>M. binotata</i> (Radoszkowski) from two other Palaearctic species are given in the key preceding.</p> <p>MALE. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran (north-west), Turkey.</p>Published as part of <i>El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Oshaibah, Alaa Din A., Salem, Magdi M. H., Hosni, Mohammad T., Abdel-Rhman, Abdel-Rhman G. & Soliman, Ahmed M., 2011, Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt, pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 2863</i> on page 67, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/201355">10.5281/zenodo.201355</a&gt