Axea nommo Valerio & Yoder, n.sp

Axea nommo Valerio & Yoder, n.sp. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D 595 C 7 E 0-4 AB 3-4897 -B 33 A- 6 B 4532 C 298 CD urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 223471 Figures 89–94; Morphbank 55 General (Figs. 89–90): Female body length: 2.7 –3.0 mm (n= 7). Male body length: unknown. Head: Color of female head: dark brown to nearly black. Mandible color: mostly dark brown to black. Body color of male: unknown. Lateral ocellus position: touching compound eye. Pilosity of medial frons between anterior ocellus and apex of torular triangle: absent, a small patch without setae clearly visible, or present. Sculpture of medial glabrous area of frons: present, with horizontal to slightly arcuate striae or, if patch minute, then irregularly rugulose (Fig. 93). Mesosoma (Figs. 91–92): Color of female mesosoma: dark brown to nearly black. Dorsal surface of lateral pronotal area adjacent to mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: with uniform microsculpture only. Setae on netrion: absent or present. Notaulus: indicated by an uninterrupted channel, with slight irregular http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 223460 http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226874 FIGURES 89–94. 56 Axea nommo, paratype female (OSUC 211612). 89, dorsal habitus; 90, lateral habitus; 91, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 92, head and mesosoma, lateral view; 93, head, anterior view; 94, apex of metasoma, dorsal view. lc, lateral carina on T 6. Scale bars in millimeters. sculpture along bottom. Metascutellum: projecting, more or less truncate, but with a narrow medial notch. Mesopleural depression sculpture: mostly transversely rugulose, larger fovea absent. Pilosity bounding anterior margin of posterior mesepimeral area: completely absent, or partially present dorsally. Legs: Coxae color: brown to dark brown (contrasting remainder of leg which is yellow). Color of legs beyond coxae: femur light to dark brown with base and tip lighter, yellowish, remaining yellow. Wings: Length of fore wing: not or just reaching posterior margin of metasoma. Hind wing submarginal vein: absent to spectral everywhere but basal stub that is nebulous to tubular. Metasoma: Color of female metasoma: dark brown to nearly black. Longitudinal sculpture of T 1: carinate, parallel to subparallel, interspersed with fine rugulose sculpture. http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226913 Female T 1 horn: absent, sculpture more or less uniform throughout T 1. Anterior strip of T 2: punctate, punctures nearly the length of strip, puncture borders confluent. Female T 6 width to length ratio: more or less equal in length (subtriangular). Female T 6 carinate basal extension of lateral spine: long, extending past 1 / 2 length of T 6. T 6 /S 6 apical curvature: present, tips flexed outwards in lateral view. T 6 posterolateral margin: without short spine or carinate expansion absent or apparently so or with truncate lateral projection, outer corner of which is rarely slightly spinelike (Fig. 94). S 6 shape at tip: constricted, forming a slight lobe. Diagnosis. Differs from other brown-bodied species, particularly A. mwari, by the well-developed spines of lateral T 6 and the associated carinae which extend beyond one-half the length of T 6. Etymology. Named in reference to an early god of the Dogon people of Mali, Sudan, and Upper Volta. Link to Distribution Map. 57 Material Examined. Holotype female: ZIMBABWE: Harare, XII. 1981, A. Watsham, OSUC 211608 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: 6 females. ZIMBABWE: OSUC 211607, OSUC 211609–211613 (CNCI).