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<mods:titleid="F7480FEBBC1089193FD1BE3AAE7A48AE">First record of the genus Palpostilpnus Aubert (Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of eight new species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="D06CD1563610EF24805B6ED88EEF7074">Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="E5C90E0D958ED6DDE91CFB870E3E1ED8">Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, No. 58 Huanghe North Street, Shenyang 110034, China.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="590B767AB315D8FA39F214EE96051BB6">Biodiversity and Environmental Change Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="54758A10D124C30E4998F59D5579065B">Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="423635F47E7E00FE04BEA41C260132EF">Biodiversity and Environmental Change Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="13012A6532117D60FF1C2B89FEF222BC"box="[159,285,1483,1509]"captionStart="FIGURE2"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1911,1935]"captionTargetBox="[158,1430,181,1887]"captionTargetId="figure-19@4.[158,1430,181,1887]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE2. Habitusof new species of Palpostilpnus fromVietnam:A.P.cattienensis sp. nov., holotypemale;B.P.hoanglienensis sp. nov., holotype female; C. P. melanothoracicus sp. nov., holotype male; D. P. incompletus sp. nov., holotype male; E. P. ngoclinhensis sp. nov., holotype male; F. P. melinhensis sp. nov., holotype female; G. P. taynguyenensis sp. nov., holotype female; H. P. meovacensis sp. nov., holotype female (scale bar = 1 mm)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914867"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914867/files/figure.png"pageId="16"pageNumber="541">Figures 2E</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13012A6532117D60FEAA2B89FEAB22BC"box="[297,324,1483,1509]"captionStart="FIGURE 11"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1934,1958]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1911]"captionTargetId="figure-119@17.[151,1436,453,1911]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 11. Palpostilpnus ngoclinhensis sp. nov., holotype male:A. head, frontal view; B. head, dorsal view; C. head, posterior view; D. tergites; E. mesosoma, lateral view; F. mesonotum; G. propodeum (scale bar = 0.2 mm)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914887"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914887/files/figure.png"pageId="16"pageNumber="541">11</figureCitation>
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Black body; occipital carina dorsally broadly absent; postero-ocellar distance equal to ocular-ocellar distance; combined area superomedia and area petiolaris of propodeum open anteriorly; area postero-externa incomplete; T1 stout, 1.5× as long as apical width.
Face 1.2× as wide as high, granulose, with setae, centrally weakly convex. Clypeal suture indistinct. Clypeus 1.7× as wide as high, weakly convex, coriaceous, ventral margin round. Mandible moderately stout, distinctly narrow to apex, teeth sharp, upper tooth much broader and slightly longer than lower tooth. Malar space matt, 1.3× as long as mandibular basal width (
). Gena punctate, with setae. Frons and vertex rugose punctate, posterior portion from behind ocelli to occipital carina steeply sloping. Postero-ocellar distance equal to ocular-ocellar distance, 0.9× as long as median ocellus diameter (
). Mesoscutum coriaceous, 1.0× as long as its maximum width. Notaulus absent. Scutellum moderately convex, anterior half with arched wrinkles, posteriorly smooth, lateral carina present basally (
). Propodeum gradually sloping in lateral view, subpolished with sparse punctures. Combined area superomedia and area petiolaris of propodeum open anteriorly; area postero-externa incomplete (
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, holotype male: A. head, frontal view; B. head, dorsal view; C. head, posterior view; D. tergites; E. mesosoma, lateral view; F. mesonotum; G. propodeum (scale bar = 0.2 mm).
, vein 1cu-a slightly postfurcal to M&RS, curved ventrally, vein 3rs-m absent, vein 2rs-m about 1.6× length of M between 2rs-m and 2m-cu, length of CU between 1m-cu&M and 2cu-a equal to length of 2cu-a. Hind wing with distal abscissa of CU absent.
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<paragraphid="8B8536E032137D62FF442F41FF0F263C"blockId="18.[151,1437,150,897]"pageId="18"pageNumber="543">Legs. Inner profile of basal portion of fore basitarsus distinctly bent. Hind coxa with distinct punctures. Hind femur 3.9× as long as its maximum width, 0.8× as long as hind tibia length. Hind basitarsus 0.45× as long as tarsus.</paragraph>
Metasoma. T1 1.5× as long as apical width, polished, with punctures latero-posteriorly, dorso-lateral carinae present; petiole flat; postpetiole broad; ventrolateral carina weak; spiracle small, round.T2 onwards densely punctate. T2 moderately long, 1.6× as long as basal width, 0.9× as long as apical width (
<paragraphid="8B8536E032137D62FF442F99FCCA2564"blockId="18.[151,1437,150,897]"pageId="18"pageNumber="543">Colour. Body black. Mandible (except apex) and palpi yellow. Antero-lateral part of mesoscutum and anterodorsally corner of mesopleuron with reddish brown. Fore and mid legs yellow, except mid tarsus brown. Hind leg reddish brown, tibia (except subbasal part) to tarsus black.</paragraph>
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by the broadly absent occipital carina dorsally and the shorter T1. It can be recognized from these two species by the coloration of body, the absence of combined area of propodeum, and the sculpture of scutellum.
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