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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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♀ (NWUX), &quot;NW China: Shaanxi, Foping, Panda Valley, 1411 m alt., black Mal[aise] trap,
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,
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, 1.vii.-18.viii.2016, Jiangli Tan, NWUX&quot;.
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: 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ (NWUX, RMNH), &quot;NW China: Shaanxi, Liangfengya, Foping,
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, 28.iv.-9.vi.2019, 1729 m alt., w[hite]/[y]ellow Mal[aise] trap, Qingqing Tan, NWUX&quot;; 2 ♀ + 1 ♂ (NWUX, RMNH), id., but 9.vi-22.viii.2019; 1 ♀ (SCAU), &quot;[S China:] Yunnan, Xianggelila, Gaoshan Botanical Garden,
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, M[alaise]T[rap], 3-27.viii.2017, Jie Zeng&quot;; 1 ♂ (SCAU), &quot;[N China:] Jiangsu, Nanjing, Xianlin, Mt. Duo,
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, 9-15.iv.2012, M[alaise]T[rap], Jie Zhao&quot;.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 232-234.</emphasis>
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Tan &amp; van Achterberg, sp. nov., female, holotype
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habitus lateral
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propleuron ventral.
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Head gradually narrowed in dorsal view and with satin sheen (Fig.
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); vertex in lateral view more or less above level of ocelli and evenly convex in front of occipital carina; mandibular condylus near lower level of eyes; occipital carina non-lamelliform medio-dorsally; fourth antennal segment of ♀ 1.5-1.6
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as long as third segment; third antennal segment of ♂ 1.4-1.5
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as long as second segment; clypeus with obsolescent depression; propleuron 0.8-0.9
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as long as mesoscutum in front of tegula; pronotal side entirely finely coriaceous ventrally; mesoscutum very finely coriaceous between sparse punctulation; notauli only crenulate posteriorly and distinctly impressed and anteriorly wider and moderately crenulate; hind femur and tibia slender; ovipositor sheath 0.9-1.1
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as long as body; apical white part of ovipositor sheath 2.1-2.6
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as long as hind basitarsus; apical sternite of ♂ entirely dark brown and paramere densely whitish setose, with its apex ivory or pale yellowish (Fig.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 235-245.</emphasis>
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Tan &amp; van Achterberg, sp. nov., female, holotype
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hind leg
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head dorsal
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apex of metasoma ventral
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apex of ovipositor sheath
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base of antenna
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apex of antenna.
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Easily confused with
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Zhao, van Achterberg &amp; Xu, 2012, but the new species has the mesoscutal lobes flattened and very finely coriaceous without transverse elements (mesoscutal lobes bumpy and sculpture with very fine transverse elements in
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), the vertex rather matt and densely finely sculptured with very fine transverse rugulae (rather sparsely to densely punctulate and rather shiny), the mandible black (largely brownish-yellow), the metasoma of ♀ black ventrally (largely yellowish-brown) and the fore coxa black (dark brown).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype, female, length of body 15.0 mm, of fore wing 7.8 mm.</paragraph>
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Vertex and frons with rather matt, very finely and densely coriaceous, on vertex mixed with very fine transverse elements; vertex moderately convex in lateral view (Fig.
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) and without a depression medio-posteriorly; head gradually contracted behind eyes in dorsal view and temples curved (Fig.
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); temple 0.6
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as long as eye in dorsal view; fourth antennal segment 1.5
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as long as third segment and as long as second and third segments combined, fifth antennal segment 1.4
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as long as third segment, third antennal segment twice as long as second segment (Fig.
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); occipital carina narrow and non-lamelliform medio-dorsally (Fig.
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); OOL slightly longer than POL and 1.7
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as long as diameter of posterior ocellus; face wide, 3.8
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as broad as high (Fig.
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); combined height of eye and malar space 1.6
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minimum width of face; malar space slightly protruding below lower level of eyes (Fig.
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), its minimum width 0.2
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basal width of mandible and area behind incision nearly triangular (Fig.
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); clypeus only medio-ventrally shallowly depressed and latero-ventral corners rather protruding (Fig.
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); eye with numerous short setae.
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.
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Length of mesosoma twice its height; propleuron rather robust and 0.9
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as long as mesoscutum in front of tegula, in ventral view rather robust and less narrowed than in
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; pronotal side entirely granulate-coriaceous, except for wide crenulated grooves and sparsely setose, with obtuse and rather large lobe-shaped tooth antero-ventrally (Figs
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and
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); antesternal carina narrow and hardly lamelliform; mesosternal sulcus wide and deep, slightly widened posteriorly and coarsely crenulate; mesoscutum and scutellum rather matt, very densely and very finely granulate-coriaceous and with some fine superficial punctures (Fig.
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); propodeum reticulate-rugose and without median smooth band or carina.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wings</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
First discal cell wide, parallel-sided and with outer posterior corner rounded and with vein 3-CU1 near its apical third (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Hind coxa finely granulate-coriaceous, dorsally with superficial transverse rugulae; length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 4.4, 5.5 and 6.5
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their width, respectively; hind tibia slightly inflated (Fig.
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); middle tarsus 1.2
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as long as middle tibia; middle femur subparallel-sided and more slender than fore femur.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metasoma</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Ovipositor sheath 13.6 mm, 0.9
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as long as body, 1.3
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as long as metasoma and 4.3
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as long as hind tibia; ovipositor sheath with dense cover of very fine adpressed setae, its white apical part (becoming ivory more basally) 2.6
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as long as hind basitarsus; apical half of hypopygium emarginate medio-posteriorly.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Black (including mandible); subapically antenna somewhat brownish ventrally; tegula, legs (but coxae black, hind tibia with large ivory ventro-basal patch, ivory basal patch of fore and middle tibia and middle basitarsus (except apex)), veins and pterostigma dark brown; wing membrane slightly brownish; apex of ovipositor white (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male.</emphasis>
Very similar to female (including fine sculpture of mesoscutum, but usually somewhat coarser (Fig.
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) and with very fine aciculae, especially of small males), but head shorter in dorsal view; third antennal segment 1.4-1.5
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as long as second segment; fourth antennal segment 1.8-2.3
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as long as third segment and 1.1-1.4
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as long as second and third segments combined, fifth antennal segment 1.9-2.3
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as long as third segment (Fig.
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); apical sternite entirely dark brown; paramere densely whitish setose and its apex ivory or pale yellowish (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 246-252.</emphasis>
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Tan &amp; van Achterberg, sp. nov., male, paratype
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habitus lateral
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apex of metasoma lateral
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head lateral
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mesosoma dorsal
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head dorsal
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base of antenna
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hind leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Variations.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Body length of ♀ 12.3-15.7 mm, of ♂ 12.2-14.7 mm; fourth antennal segment of ♀ 1.5-1.6
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as long as third segment; ovipositor sheath 0.9-1.1
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as long as body; apical white part of ovipositor sheath 2.1-2.6
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as long as hind basitarsus; propleuron 0.8-0.9
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as long as mesoscutum in front of tegula.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">China (Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Yunnan).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
From &quot;
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&quot; (Greek for &quot;flat, plain&quot;), because of the flat and evenly coriaceous mesoscutum.
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