Contribution to the knowledge of the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Maritime Southeast Asia
Author
Riedel, Matthias
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-06
5363
1
1
94
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5363.1.1/52218
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5363.1.1
1175-5334
10146851
B8979382-355B-410A-B1C9-20AD910233E6
Celebarches albifrons
nov. sp.
(
Figs 12 A–C
)
Holotype
. (♂)
Malaysia
: SW
Sabah
, nr.
Long Pa Sia
(West),
25.xi. –8.xii.1987
, c.
1020 m
,
Mal.
trap 2,
C. van Achterberg
, RMNH´87 (Leiden).
Paratypes
. (2 ♂♂) similar labels (Leiden and coll. Riedel).
Etymology
. The species name refers to the largely ivory frons.
Description
. ♂. Body length
11 mm
.
Head
. Flagellum with 36–38 flagellomeres, very slender and bristle-shaped; 1
st
flagellomere 3.8 × longer than wide. Tyloids absent. Temple moderately and roundly narrowed behind eye (fig. 12B). OED 1.4 × and OOD 0.9 × ocellar diameter. Frons with sparse punctures, shining. Face and clypeus densely punctate. Clypeus large, almost flat; apical margin sharp, almost straight (fig. 12A). Mandible sickle-shaped, ventral tooth absent. Malar space 0.6 × as long as width of mandibular base. Gena densely punctate. Genal carina reaching mandibular base.
Mesosoma
. Notaulus impressed in frontal 1/3 of mesoscutum.Mesoscutum densely punctate, ± dull.Mesopleuron dense punctures and some striae posteriorly, speculum large and smooth. Metapleuron rugose-punctate; juxtacoxal carina present. Scutellum pyramidal, slightly longer than wide, densely rugose-punctate, lateral carina strong in basal 0.7–0.8. Propodeum completely carinated, rugose, with short tooth-like apophysis (fig. 12C); spiracle slit-shaped. Area basalis wider than long. Area superomedia 1.3 × wider than long; costula reaching its middle. Hind coxa with fine dense punctures. Hind femur 4.5 × longer than wide. Claws simple. Areolet almost pointed frontally. Vein 1cu-a slightly antefurcal, interstitial or slightly postfurcal.
Metasoma
. Postpetiole slightly widened, without latero-median carina; median field not separated, finely rugose. 2
nd
tergite 1.1 × wider than long. Gastrocoelus slightly impressed, with fine ridges. Thyridium indistinct, 0.3 × as wide as the interval between thyridia. 2
nd
and 3
rd
tergites finely and densely rugose-punctate, dull; following tergites with superficial punctures, ± shining. Hypopygium unmodified; apical margin straight.
Colour
. Black. Ivory are dorsal stripes on flagellomeres 7–14/15, palps, mandible basally, spot of gena, clypeus and face, frons except black median stripe, scape ventrally, collar and upper margin of pronotum, tegula mainly, subtegular ridge, apical 2/3 of scutellum and postscutellum, usually narrow apical margin of 6
th
tergite, entire 7 tergite, hypopygium and paramere. 1
st
and 2
nd
tergites reddish-yellow. Coxae black, fore and mid coxae with ivory spots; fore and mid trochanters ivory; fore and mid femora and tibiae reddish-yellow; fore tarsus distally and mid tarsus entirely black; hind trochanter and femur brown or black; hind tibia yellowish, black in basal 0.1 and apical 0.2–0.3; hind tarsus black, 4
th
and 5
th
hind tarsomeres ivory. Wings slightly yellowish; pterostigma brown.
♀
unknown.
Distribution
. Only known from Borneo.