JHR 84: 127-135 (202 I ) or JOURNAL COR. Pepeehreiewed open stent fours! doi: 10.3897 /hr.84.64682 RESEARCH ARTICLE () Hymenoptera The International Society of Hymenopterists RESEARCH https://jhr.pensoft.net An extraordinary new species of Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Indonesia Valery M. Loktionov' | Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia Corresponding author: Valery M. Loktionov (pompilidaefer@mail.ru) Academic editor: M. Proshchalykin | Received 20 February 2021 | Accepted 24 March 2021 | Published 24 August 2021 http://zoobank. org/AEC849D2-0106-4F41-BOED-3B56047EA5DF Citation: VM Loktionov (2021) An extraordinary new species of Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Indonesia.In: Proshchalykin MYu, Gokhman VE (Eds) Hymenoptera studies through space and time: A collection of papers dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Arkady S. Lelej. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 127-135. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.64682 Abstract Deuteragenia leleji sp. nov. is described and illustrated, based on a female from Sumatra, Indonesia. This extraordinary species possesses a peculiar character, cleft tarsal claws, recorded for the first time in the genus Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 and the tribe Deuterageniini Sustera, 1912. The genus Deuteragenia is newly reported from the island of Sumatra. Keywords Deuterageniini, new taxa, Oriental Region, Pepsinae, spider wasps, Sumatra, taxonomy Introduction Deuteragenia is a genus in the subfamily Pepsinae, comprising 56 species, distributed world-wide except in Australia (Lelej and Loktionov 2012). The genus was established by Sustera in 1912, as the only genus of the tribe Deuterageniini proposed by the same author in the same year. At that time, Sustera probably did not know the genus Dipogon Fox, 1897, described from Brazil, and therefore did not include it in his new tribe. Pate (1946) synonymized Deuteragenia with Dipogon. Subsequent authors con- sidered Deuteragenia as a genus (Arnold 1948, 1955; Haupt 1959) or a subgenus of Dipogon (Townes 1957; Evans 1974; Day 1979; Wahis 1986; Shimizu and Ishikawa 2002a). Recently, Lelej and Loktionov (2012) restored Deuteragenia to generic level based on their phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Deuterageniini. Copyright Valery M. Loktionov. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 128 Valery M. Loktionov / Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 127-135 (2021) The data on distribution and biology of the genus Deuteragenia are fragmented. The only revision is of the congeners of Deuteragenia which occur in Japan north of the Ryukyu (Shimizu and Ishikawa 2002a, b, 2003) and there are some checklists of the species (Haupt 1959; Wolf 1972; Day 1979; Krombein 1979; Wisniowski 2009; Loktionov and Lelej 2017, and others). For detailed information on systematic of the genus see Shimizu and Ishikawa (2002a). Examination of the Pompilidae collection deposited at the Biologiezentrum des Oberdsterreichischen Landesmuseums (Linz, Austria) has revealed a female specimen of Deuteragenia possessing a peculiar character which is extraordinary for the genus, as well as for the tribe Deuterageniini, namely, cleft tarsal claws. Herein, this new species is described and illustrated, and the genus Deuteragenia is newly reported from the island of Sumatra. Materials and methods The terminology for morphology is mostly based on the glossary provided by the Hy- menoptera Anatomy Consortium (2013). The terminology of wing venation and cells follows Day (1988). The following abbreviations are used for morphological terms: F1, F2, F3, etc. the first, second, and third flagellomere, etc.; UID the upper interocular distance; MID the middle interocular distance; LID the lower interocular distance; OOD the distance between posterior ocellus and compound eye which is measured from above; POD the postocellar distance which is measured from above; S1, 82, $3, etc. the first, second, and third metasomal sternum, etc.; T1, T2, T3, etc. the first, second, and third metasomal tergum, etc. Photographs were taken with the stereomicroscope Olympus SZX16 and digital camera Olympus DP74, and stacked using Helicon Focus software. The final illustra- tions were post-processed for contrast and brightness using Adobe® Photoshop® soft- ware. Material treated in this paper is deposited in the Biologiezentrum des Oberéster- reichischen Landesmuseums, Linz, Austria [OLL]. Taxonomy Family Pompilidae Latreille, 1804 Subfamily Pepsinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1845 Tribe Deuterageniini Sustera, 1912 Type genus. Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912. A new species of Deuteragenia 129 Diagnosis. ‘The female possesses maxillary cardo with two tufts of curved bristles. The male with flagellomeres serrate beneath, the propodeum somewhat swollen and punctate, third submarginal cell of fore wing usually equal or slightly larger than sec- ond submarginal cell. Genera included. Currently the tribe includes the following six genera: Deuteragen- ia Sustera, 1912: Dipogon Fox, 1897; Myrmecodipogon Ishikawa, 1965; Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965; Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa, 1965; and Winnemanella Krombein, 1962. Distribution. World-wide, except Australia (Lelej and Loktionov 2012). Remarks. Lelej and Loktionov (2012) analyzed 13 species from six generic groups Deuterageniini, with the genus Priocnemis Schigdte, 1837 as an outgroup. At that time the tribe comprised only the genus Dipogon with six subgenera. The analysis revealed the following relationships: Priocnemis + [Stigmatodipogon + {(Deuteragenia + Mesagenia) + [(Winnemanella + Nipponodipogon) + (Myrmecodipogon + Dipogon)]}). As a result of this study, a new generic classification of the tribe was proposed, where Deuteragenia, Myrmecodipogon, Nipponodipogon, Stigmatodipogon, and Winnemanella were elevated to generic status. The females of Deuterageniini differ clearly from those of the tribes Ageniellini and Priocnemini, while male characters of Deuterageniini overlap with those of other tribes of the subfamily Pepsinae. For detailed information on the tribe see Lelej and Loktionov (2012). Genus Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 Type species. Deuteragenia variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) [Sphex], by automatic designation. Diagnosis. The female and the male possess the following characters: fore wings with a basal or apical fascia; ratio of maximum width to maximum length of second radio-medial cell 2.0 times or less; the pterostigma normal-sized, its width similar to width of second submarginal cell (usually narrow); length of hind wing anal lobe more than 0.33 times width of submedial cell; the antenna elongated, F1 length more than 3.5 times (in female) and more than 3.0 times (in male) its width; mandible stout, with three teeth, including apical one. Species included. 56 species. Distribution. World-wide, except Australia (Lelej and Loktionov 2012). The ge- nus has not been previously known from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Remarks. For detailed information on the genus see Shimizu and Ishikawa (2002a), and Lelej and Loktionov (2012). Deuteragenia leleji Loktionov, sp. nov. http://zoobank.org/97E11771-A4BE-4B9B-9C80-0DF1A4E1100F Figures 1, 2 Material examined. Holotype: female, “W Sumatra Padang Panjang XI.2003 St. Jakl leg.” (Indonesia, West Sumatra Prov., City of Padang Panjang] [OLL]. 130 Valery M. Loktionov / Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 127-135 (2021) Figure |. Habitus of Deuteragenia leleji sp. nov., holotype, female: A lateral view B dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm. Diagnosis. The female of this new species is unique among congeners of Deuteragenia in having bifid tarsal claws (Fig. 2E). Other characters of importance are: propodeum medial and posterior portion with coarse transverse rugae; clypeus anterior rim smooth and polished, not depressed, and not differentiated from dorsal portion (Fig. 2A); head and mesosoma mostly without setae; T1 petiolate basally (Fig. 2D); F2—F10 pale ventrally; legs partially brown (Fig. 1). The male is unknown. Description. Female, holotype (Figs 1, 2). Length: body 8.4 mm, fore wing 7.4 mm. Head width 1.21 times its height; MID 0.51 times head width in frontal view (Fig. 2A). Ocelli large, well raised; ocellar triangle slightly acute-angled; POD : OOD = 0.87 (Fig. 2C). Head in frontal view with vertex barely produced above dorsal eye margin (Fig. 2A). Posterior margin of vertex in dorsal view hardly concave (Fig. 2C). Head with frons A new species of Deuteragenia 131 Figure 2. Deuteragenia leleji sp. nov., holotype, female: A head in frontal view B head in lateral view C head in dorsal view D mesoscutellum, metanotum, metapostnotum, propodeum and T1 in dorsal view E metaclaws F fore wing G hind wing. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (F, G); 0.5 mm (D); 0.2 mm (A=C); 0.1 mm (E). almost flat in lateral view. Gena in profile well developed (Fig. 2B). Malar space very short. Clypeus moderately convex, its width 2.6 times its height, and 1.0 times LID; anterior margin straight, not depressed and not differentiated from dorsal portion; ante- rolateral corner rounded (Fig. 2A). Labrum not exposed. Bristles of maxillary cardo hard and long, reaching mandible ventral face. Antenna elongated; flagellomeres cylindrical; ratio of scape, pedicel and flagellomeres length (on dorsal side) 25: 8:39:25:20:17: 17: 17:15:15: 14: 16; scape length 0.8 times UID; F1 length 5.0 times its maximum width (in dorsal view), and 1.27 times UID; apical flagellomere pointed apically. Pronotum length 0.42 times its maximum width in dorsal view; anterior face not differentiated from dorsum; posterior margin moderately rounded (Fig. 1B). Dorsum of mesoscutum hardly convex. Dorsum of mesoscutellum and metanotum slightly convex like dorsum of propodeum in lateral view. Metapostnotum noticeably depressed, barely 132 Valery M. Loktionov / Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84: 127-135 (2021) arcuately emarginated postero-medially, its length 0.15 times metanotum length medially. Propodeum somewhat elongated, its length 1.05 times its maximum width in dorsal view; dorsum and posterior face not differentiated from each other and evenly convex (Fig. 2D). All femora without spines. Protibia ventral face apically with few short spines. Meso- and metatibia dorsal and outer-lateral face with scattered short spines. Tar- someres 1—3 of all legs with very short spines ventrally; tarsomeres 4 and 5 of all legs without spines ventrally. ‘Tarsal claws of all legs symmetrical and bifid; inner tooth as long as apical one, very broad at base, and narrowing apically, with pointed apex; outer margins of inner and apical teeth parallel (Fig. 2E). Fore wing (Fig. 2F) translucent, with subapical and subbasal brown fasciae. Pter- ostigma brown, its length 4.75 times its height (on inner distance), and 5.2 times Ks.. Second submarginal cell narrowed on vein Rs by 0.77 times its own length on vein M, receiving crossvein 1m-cu at basal 0.55. Third submarginal cell narrowed on vein Rs by 0.43 times its own length on vein M, receiving crossvein 2m-cu at basal 0.3. Crossvein 2rs-m slightly bent near MZ. Crossvein 37s-m weakly arcuate. Crossvein cu-a straight, originating beyond separation of vein M@+CuA. Vein M touching wing margin. Hind wing (Fig. 2G) translucent, with slightly brownish apical portion. Metasoma with T1 distinctly petiolate (Fig. 2D). Head, meso- and metasoma matt and punctate. Clypeus anterior rim smooth and polished, with other part densely punctate (Fig. 2A). Mandible apical portion pol- ished. Frons finely and densely punctate, median line distinct. Metapostnotum pol- ished, with indistinct transverse striae. Propodeum (Fig. 2D) anterior portion with dense and coarse merging punctures, its medial and posterior portions with coarse transverse rugae which somewhat arcuate posteriorly. Antenna and legs matt. Body black (Figs 1, 2). Antenna black, with F2—F10 pale ventrally. Mandible par- tially brown apically. Bristles of maxillary cardo brown. Legs black, with following brown: all coxae and trochanters, fore- and mesofemora, foretibia partially, metafe- mure except apical portion, all claws. Body without setae except following: upper frons along inner orbits with one long setae; gena with short scattered setae; all coxae anterior face and pronotum with scat- tered short setae; propodeum postero-laterally with scattered gray short setae; [6 and S6 with long and dense pale setae. Body with sparse gray pubescence most intensive on propodeum postero-laterally. Male is unknown. Distribution. Indonesia: West Sumatra. Etymology. The specific epithet is a pathronym honoring Prof. Arkady Lelej (FSC Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia), my scientific advisor and inspirer, on the occasion of his 75" birthday. Discussion The female of Deuteragenia leleji sp. nov. is closely related to that of Deuteragenia polita Haupt, 1929, described from a single specimen from the island of Krakatau, which is A new species of Deuteragenia 133 located in the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. Both spe- cies have similar size, coloration of legs and fore wing, shape of the head and T1, and some other morphological characters. ‘The new species can easily be separated from D. polita by the following characters: tarsal claws bifid (Fig. 2E), inner tooth as long as apical one, very broad at base, and narrowing apically, with pointed apex, outer margins of inner and apical teeth parallel in D. /eleji sp. nov. (tarsal claws with stout inner tooth, not bifid in D. polita); propodeum (Fig. 2D) anterior portion with dense and coarse merging punctures, its me- dial and posterior portion with transverse coarse rugae in D. /eleji sp. nov. (propodeum with scattered coarse punctures, without rugae in D. polita); F1 length 1.2 times scape and pedicel length combined in D. J/eleji sp. nov. (1.0 times in D. polita); ocellar triangle slightly acute-angled, POD : OOD = 0.87 in D. /eleji sp. nov. (obtuse-angled, 1.0 in D. polita). The character “cleft tarsal claws” is considered here as extraordinary for the genus Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 as well as for the tribe Deuterageniini Sustera, 1912. With- in Deuterageniini a claw normally has an inner tooth that can be more or less large, but never forming a “bifid” shape of the claw. This character is also considered here as a specific one and not sufficient to propose a new genus based on it. For example, within the nominate subgenus of the genus Azoplius Dufour, 1834, females of which normally possess claws with a small inner tooth, there is a species, A. (A.) aberrans Gus- sakovskij, 1932, having distinctly bifid claws. Acknowledgements I thank Stanislav Jakl (Museum Sphingidae, Piibram, Czech Republic) who collected the type material in Sumatra; Esther Ockermiiller [OLL] for allowing me to study ma- terials in the OLL collection; the subject editor Maxim Proshchalykin (FSC Biodiver- sity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) and the reviewers, Roberto Cambra (Universyity of Panama), and Eduardo Fernando dos Santos (Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences (IBILCE), UNESP, Sao José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil) for critically review- ing the manuscript and making important suggestions which have improved it; Justin Waldman and Denis Brothers (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) for editing the manu- script for language. I am grateful to Akira Shimizu (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) for his always valuable notes on spider wasps. Many thanks to Prof. Arkady Lelej (FSC Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) for funding my business trip to OLL. 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