Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IX. - Natura Somogyiensis 24. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Turrisi G. F.: A new species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 from Laos (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
170 Natura Somogyiensis Metasoma pyriform (lateral view), compressed laterally; petiole elongate, slender, 3.4x longer than wide; segments 1-2 polished and very shiny, impunctate, except on distal margin of T2, with very fine and scattered punctures; T3 very finely microsculp- tured with very fine and scattered punctures; remaining tergites finely microsculptured with very fine, and dense punctures; ovipositor 1,0X fore wing length. S unknown. Taxonomic discussion. This new species belongs to clade 2 recognized within the phylogenetic analyses of the Pristaulacus comptipennis species-group by Turrisi and Smith (2011: Fig. 181, node 3), which includes sixteen species (Turrisi and Smith 2011; Turrisi and Madl 2013); this clade is mainly supported by two apomorphies: 1, prono- tal setae moderately long (cuticle not clearly visible beneath) (character 12: 1) and 2, petiole elongate to very elongate (length/width: > 3.0) (character 25: 1). It also shares two additional striking synapomorphies within a large subgroup of eleven species: 1, pronotum long (height/length <1.0) (character 10: 1); 2, hind coxa slender, elongate to very elongate (character 20: 1) (Turrisi and Smith 2011). It superficially resembles P. manuelae Turrisi and Madl, 2013, described from the same locality in Laos (Turrisi and Madl 2013) (holotype examined, preserved at BPBM), for the general habitus and the characters stated above, but it is easily distinguished by the shape of the head (Figs 2-4), which is more wider (dorsal view, width/length: 1.2) with temple almost straight toward occipital margin (Fig. 2) (vs. more elongated, width/length: 1.0 with temple curved toward occipital margin in P manuelae)', ocellar area 1.9x wider than long (vs. 1.7* in P. manuelae)', occipital carina narrower, 0.5-0.6x diameter of ocellus (vs. l.Ox diameter of ocellus in P. manuelae)', basal antennomeres quite stouter: A3 2.7* longer than wide; A4 7.5x longer than wide, and 2.7* longer than A3; A5 7.Ox longer than wide, and 2.5* longer than A3 (vs. A3 5.7x longer than wide; A4 13.Ox longer than wide, and 1.9* longer than A3; A5 12.0* longer than wide, and 1.5* longer than A3 in P. manuelae)', hind basitarsus 9.0* longer than wide (vs. 12.7* in P. manuelae)', ovipositor about equal to fore wing length (vs. 1.3* forewing length in P. manuelae)', hind femur reddish orange, hind tarsus light reddish orange (Fig. 1) (vs. hind femur blackish brownish, hind tarsus brownish in P. manuelae). For the shape of the head, including occipital carina, P. harisi sp. nov. resembles P. porcatus Sun & Sheng, 2007 described from China (Henan province) (paratype examined, preserved at SFPS), but it is readily distinguished for having A3 stouter, ratio length/width: 2.7 (vs. elongate, ratio length/width: 5.3 in P. porcatus) for the anterior margin of pronotum, medially produced in two wide and poorly forwarded processes (Fig. 6) (vs. well forwarded in P. porcatus) and above all for the shape of mesosoma (Figs 5-6), with anterior margin of mesoscutum slightly rounded, moderately prominent dorsally, with notauli superficial and wide (vs. widely rounded less prominent dorsally with notauli deep and wide in P. porcatus). Distribution. Laos, known from only type locality. Biology. Unknown.
