Podagritus noongaris Leclercq

(Figs 40–47, 48, 49, 50)

Podagritus noongaris Leclercq, 1998:300, ♀. Holotype: ♀, Australia: Western Australia: 2 km WNW of Noongar at 31°21'S 118°57'E (ANIC), examined.— Leclercq, 1998:292 (in key to Australian Podagritus).

Recognition.— Podagritus noongaris has all the legs ferruginous (including tarsi) except the black forecoxa, and at least the forefemur yellow ventrally, pronotal lobe yellow, basal gastral segments ferruginous, mandible bidentate apically, clypeal lobe truncate apically, pronotal collar not striate laterally, propodeal enclosure smooth (not rugose), and pygidial plate of female with lateral margin straight. The female has flagellomeres I and II of equal length, each one 2.2–2.4 × as long as apically wide (Fig. 43). The male has flagellomere I 1.8–2.1 × as long as wide apically, compressed ventrally into an obtuse carina and flagellomere II emarginate ventrally (Fig. 46). Some females of P. apivorus Pulawski are similar, but they differ by a much shorter gastral segment I (its length is 1.6–2.0 its greatest width, rather than 3.0–3.2), and the pronotal lobe brown posteriorly (all yellow in P. noongaris). Unlike P. paynesis Leclercq, P. noongaris has no lateral tubercle on the pronotal collar.

Description (Fig. 40).—Clypeus flat in profile except its lamella slightly raised, forming obtuse angle with remaining surface (Fig. 42), free margin of middle lobe with central part truncate, flanked on each side by shallow concavity (about twice as wide as diameter of antennal socket) and obtuse tooth (Fig. 41). Ventral end of occipital carina effaced. Mandible bidentate apically. Pronotal collar slightly below level of scutum (which is relatively flat), neither carinate nor striate, rounded laterally in female and many males, in some males with insignificant, rounded lateral tubercle; median incision about as long as collar. Omalus well defined only ventrally (above its meeting point with episternal sulcus), about twice as long as midocellar diameter. Mesopleural setae appressed, shorter than midocellar diameter. Propodeal enclosure not delimited, practically unsculptured; median sulcus of posterior surface with lateral carina ventrally; carinae divergent dorsally (slightly so in male, more so in female). Posterior margin of submarginal cell with proximal portion varying from 1.5 × to 3.0 × as long as distal portion in female, as long as 1.2–1.3 × distal portion in male. Hindcoxa without dorsolateral carina.

Head black, including mandible and flagellum, scape and venter of pedicel yellow; thorax and propodeum black, pronotal lobe yellow. Humeral plate light brown with foremargin black. Legs all ferruginous except forecoxae black and fore- and midfemora yellow ventrally. Gastral terga I and II all ferruginous, also base of tergum III in female and most of tergum III in male; remainder black.

♀.—Orbital fovea densely punctate, like surrounding area. Flagellomeres I and II of equal length, 2.2–2.4 × as long as apically wide; following flagellomeres longer than wide, apical flagellomere 1.9–2.0 × as long as wide basally. Forefemoral venter basally with setae about as long as 0.7 × midocellar diameter, those of foretrochanteral venter about 0.5 × midocellar diameter. Foretibia without spines on outer surface. Forebasitarsus with five rake spines in most specimens, with four in some. Hindtibia slightly clavate (Fig. 44). Tergum I 3.0–3.2 × as long as its greatest width, spiracle located about its midlength. Lateral margin of pygidial plate straight. Length 9.3–10.0 mm

♂.—Flagellomere I 1.8–2.1 × as long as wide apically, with ventral margin compressed into obtuse carina and in many specimens slightly convex; flagellomere II 1.9–2.0 × as long as wide apically, emarginate ventrally (Fig. 46); flagellomeres III and IV with placoids. Hindtibia moderately clavate (Fig. 47). Tergum I 2.6–2.9 × as long as its greatest width, spiracle located slightly behind one third of its length. Length 7.3–8.6 mm.

Prey (Figs. 48, 49).—Several specimens received were supplied with a label “ Podagritus sp., Creyk Park flycatcher”, with no further details.

Geographic Rang e.—Known from two localities in Western Australia (Fig. 50).

Material Examined.— Western Australia: Creyk Park in Armadale (a southeastern suburb of Perth) at 32.132°S 116.015°E, Kerry Stuart collector, 25 Aug. 2021 (2 ♀, WAM), 27 Aug. 2021 (2 ♀, CAS; 5 ♀, WAM), 18 Aug. 2022 (3 ♂, CAS, 3 ♂, WAM), 19 Aug. 2022 (2 ♂, WAM), 20 Aug. 2022 (3 ♂, CAS; 5 ♀, 2 ♂, WAM), 21 Aug. 2022 (5 ♀, 1 ♂, WAM), 4 Sept. 2022 (1 ♀, WAM), 9 Sept. 2023 (1 ♀, WAM), 11 Sept. 2023 (1 ♀, WAM); 2 km WSW Noongar at 31°21'S 118°57'E (1 ♀, ANIC, holotype of Podagritus noongaris).