<documentid="A5EE92FD012CFE4C359FC42C32CC9C30"ID-CLB-Dataset="36618"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.4"ID-GBIF-Dataset="8cab8e6e-160f-4c48-9537-5faeab50cc08"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="289413"ID-ZooBank="A7C9D14A-27C8-4A9A-8412-63050B38CC07"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1461244793115"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Rosa, Paolo, Wei, Na-Sen & Xu, Zai-Fu"docDate="2015"docId="9D2C87F7FFAB4045FF3CFB393D2DC6FB"docLanguage="en"docName="zt04013p076.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4013 (1)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Omalus timidus Nurse 1902, comb. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="9"lastPageNumber="75"masterDocId="6115FF8FFFAD404DFFABFFF73E72C57B"masterDocTitle="Contribution to the genus Omalus Panzer, 1801 of China, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)"masterLastPageNumber="76"masterPageNumber="67"pageNumber="73"updateTime="1732696523533"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="8C7DA21F6737F48DBAAFCA7AD753A152">Contribution to the genus Omalus Panzer, 1801 of China, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)</mods:title>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFECEFB393F8DC193"author="Nurse"box="[357,511,1230,1256]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Nurse, C. G. (1902) New species of Indian Chrysididae. The Entomologist, 35, 304 - 308."type="journal article"year="1902">Nurse, 1902</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFAB404BFF34FB063E97C072"box="[159,229,1265,1290]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="73">Figs 4</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFEE6FACD3FBEC034"author="Nurse"box="[333,460,1337,1359]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Nurse, C. G. (1902) New species of Indian Chrysididae. The Entomologist, 35, 304 - 308."type="journal article"year="1902">Nurse, 1902</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFC82FACE3DC1C034"author="Kimsey"box="[809,947,1337,1359]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Kimsey, L. S. (1986) Designation of Chrysidid Lectotypes. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 62 (2), 105 - 110."type="journal article"year="1986">Kimsey 1986</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFEFFFAAF3F9CC015"author="Bingham"box="[340,494,1368,1390]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Bingham, C. T. (1903) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. Taylor & Francis, London, 528 pp."type="book"year="1903">Bingham 1903</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFD35FAAF3D43C015"author="Bischoff"box="[670,817,1368,1390]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Bischoff, H. (1913) Hymenoptera. Fam. Chrysididae. In: Wytsman, P (Ed.), Genera insectorum. Fascicule 151. Bruxelles, L. Desmet-Verteneuil, 86 pp. + 5 pls."type="book"year="1913">Bischoff 1913</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFE43FA803C13C0F7"author="Nurse"box="[488,609,1398,1420]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Nurse, C. G. (1904) New species of Indian Hymenoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 16, 19 - 26."type="journal article"year="1904">Nurse 1904</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="D2854D62FFAB404BFF3CFA623C0DC0D0"authority="Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 226"authorityName="Kimsey & Bohart"authorityPageNumber="226"authorityYear="1991"box="[151,639,1429,1451]"class="Insecta"family="Chrysididae"genus="Holophris"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="timidus">
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFAB404BFEF7FA623C3EC0D0"author="Kimsey"box="[348,588,1429,1451]"pageId="6"pageNumber="73"refString="Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [" 1990 "]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, New York, xii + 652 pp."type="book"year="1991">Kimsey & Bohart 1991</bibRefCitation>
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Hym. coll. (
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<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFAB404BFC1BF9003D86C26B"box="[944,1012,1783,1808]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="73">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
Frons and vertex with small punctures and fine wrinkled interspaces (
<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFAB404BFBE9F8C83AF8C223"box="[1090,1162,1855,1880]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="73">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
B); from ocellar area to occipital area impunctate, with sparse and shallow pits. Scapal basin deep and polished. In lateral view, the longest distance between genal carina and lower margin of eye is 0.9 MOD. Genal carina bisecting MS and closing to lower margin of eye (0.5 MOD). Gena polished with spare dots and wrinkles towards MS. Ocellar triangle isosceles. Postocellar line indistinct.
Pronotum nearly impunctate, with row of large and deep pits on anterior margin, with shallow and spare punctures on posterior margin, deeper and denser punctures on lateral margins. Mesoscutum impunctate, with shallow, spare and small dots (
<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFAA404AFD83FF283C1EC583"box="[552,620,223,248]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="74">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
C). Notauli pits deep and elongated (about 1.5 MOD). Notauli indistinct. Parapsidal furrows deep and distinct, extending half length of mesoscutum. Lateral field of mesoscutum with row of large punctures along tegula margin. Mesoscutellum with two enlarged anterior foveae (2.5 MOD), separated by 0.8 MOD, with narrow, smooth subtriangular antero-median area; rest of mesoscutellum with large, round and subequal punctures, and longitudinally wrinkled interspaces on posterior margin (
<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFAA404AFB8EFE983A1AC4F3"box="[1061,1128,367,392]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="74">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
D). Metanotum evenly with larger, deeper and round punctures interspaced subequally, with distinct smooth intervals bearing some shallow dots. Mesopleuron and metapleuron with large, deep and round punctures, and with narrow wrinkled interspaces, without distinct striae. Tarsal claw with four teeth.
T1 impunctate. T2 and T3 almost impunctate, with fine and sparse dots close to lateral margins. T1 without semitransparent rim. T2 with narrow semitransparent rim (0.5 MOD) only apico-medially. T3 with wider semitransparent rim (1 MOD). Apex of T3 without distinct median notch (
<figureCitationid="8DBE2A64FFA54045FC72FF283A6FC583"box="[985,1053,223,248]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,249,1935,1957]"captionTargetBox="[188,1398,553,1913]"captionTargetId="figure@7.[188,1398,553,1914]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Omalus timidus (Nurse), comb. nov. ♀, Guangdong. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum, dorsal view. E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. T 3, posterior view. Scale bar: mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/289417/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="75">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
Antenna black, with scape metallic blue. Head metallic blue to green. The median area of pronotum and mesoscutum black, without metallic reflections; metanotum black, with some metallic reflection; the rest of mesosoma metallic blue. Tegula brown without metallic reflection. Legs metallic bluish-green, with tarsi light brown to testaceous. Metasoma blackish, with greenish-blue metallic reflections on T1 and T2, and T3 laterally; with brown semitransparent rims on T2 and T3.
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFA54045FCA0FE2B3DC4C48F"author="Bingham"box="[779,950,476,501]"pageId="8"pageNumber="75"refString="Bingham, C. T. (1908) Notes on the Aculeate Hymenoptera in the Indian Museum. Part I. Records of the Indian Museum, Series 2, 4 (32), 347 - 349."type="journal article"year="1908">Bingham 1908</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="71144B10FFA54045FF6CFD783FADC7D3"author="Kimsey"box="[199,479,655,680]"pageId="8"pageNumber="75"refString="Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [" 1990 "]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford University Press, New York, xii + 652 pp."type="book"year="1991">Kimsey & Bohart (1991)</bibRefCitation>
, such as double omaulus, double genal carinae and transpleural carina not reaching apex of propodeal angle. In particular, row of large and aligned punctures on mesopleuron may resemble the double omaulus of