Cremnops wileycoyotius NEW SPECIES

[Plate 30, Figs A–I]

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished by the hind trochantellar carina, 3–5 pitted sternaulus, and half yellow stigma.

Description. Holotype: female. Body length 8 mm.

Head (Figs C & F). Thirty-seven flagellomeres. Lateral carina of frons weak, ending immediately anteriad lateral ocellus. Interocellar space not elevated, level with lateral ocelli. Malar space 1.0x eye height. Apical tooth of mandible not extending past margin of basal lobe.

Mesosoma (Figs D, E & H). Subpronopes adjacent, separated by a partition wider than the longitudinal length of the dorsomedial portion of pronotum. Median mesonotal lobe depressed medially. Notaulus smooth. Scutellar sulcus with 1 longitudinal carina. Hind margin of posterolateral scutal flange not prominent; rather: 90° to obtuse (to lobed). Mesoscutellar trough without longitudinal carinae laterally. Metanotal trough without extensive longitudinal carinae laterally. Sternaulus with 5 (3–5) pits; about 1/ 2x length of mesopleuron. Discrimen smooth. Medial propodeal areola with 3 (3–5) transverse carinae. Metapleuron rugose on ventral 1/3.

Hind leg (Fig. I). Femur length about 3x width. Trochantellar carina present. Distal tibia with 2 spines. Inner tooth of inner and outer claws asymmetrical, broad, angled quadrangular-shaped.

Fore wing (Fig. G). Melanic; veins melanic; stigma melanic with yellow basally. 2nd submarginal cell slightly higher than wide. Hyaline spot in anterior part of 1st submarginal cell and basal part of 2nd discal cell.

Metasoma (Figs A & B). 1st median tergite length about 1.5x apical width, apical width about 2.5x basal width.

Body Color Orange, except black as follows: distal hind tibia and tarsus.

Biology. Host —Unknown.

Adults Collected —September and October.

Geographic Range —Florida and Kansas. See map in Appendix II.

Etymology. Named for the collector, J. Wiley, and for the holotype itself, which sneakily (like the well known canine) remained undescribed until now.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: female, Florida, Putnam County, 2mi NW Orange Springs, 10-ix-2-x- 1975, J. Wiley, Malaise trap, (FSCA) (H8930). Non-Types: female, Linn Co., Kansas, Marais d, Cygnes Ref. sw 1/ 4 S25 T20 SR24E, 4 Sept. 1983, R. Huber, INHS 116,825, (INHS) (H8948). For holotype and additional images see Appendix VIII.