Eucharissa insolita

Biology
Host ant: Bothroponera granosa

Description
This species shares the following features with Eucharissa natalica Westwood: 16 antennal segments, flagellomeres of male with long dorsal rami, absence of a pronounced interantennal process, labrum transverse and hidden behind clypeus, hind tibia with one spur, and head and mesosoma dark blue. The major difference is the presence of basket-like, double-branched rami on all but the last flagellomere. This form of the antenna is most similar to E. stigmatica Westwood (cf. Westwood 1874.

Holotype. South Africa: Mpumalanga: 2km E R532 on God’s Window sideroad, 1495m, 24°54'32"S, 30°51'38"E, 07 Dec 2016, N. Mbanyana & S. van Noort; nest #48 found at the base of a grass tussock with soil and gravel around the entrance; ex Bothroponera granosa (1 ♂, SAM-HYM-P095050); deposited in SAMC; ant host voucher (SAM-HYM-C028101; SAMC).