Aulojoppa spilocephala ssp. birmanica, Riedel, 2017

Riedel, Matthias, 2017, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 4. Platylabini, Eurylabini, and Oedicephalini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1275-1307 : 1289

Aulojoppa spilocephala ssp. birmanica nov.ssp.

M a t e r i a l: NE Myanmar, Maymo , 800 m, 1♀ XII.1937 ( ZSM) ; S Vietnam: Dak Lak, Chu Yang Sin N.P. nr river, c. 750 m, 1♀ 13 1-10. VI.2007, Mal. traps 3-5, leg. C. v. Achterberg and R. de Vries (Leiden) ; C Vietnam: Thua Thien Hué , Phong Dien N. R. nr base-camp c 50 m, 13 1.IV.2001, at light, leg. R. de Vries (Leiden) ; Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Phon-Pan, Umg. Ort Ban Saleui , 2013´30´´N 10359´26´´E, 1350-1900 m, 1♀ 27. VI.2013, 1♀ 4.VII.2013, leg. C. Holzschuh & natives (Linz and coll. Riedel) ; S India, Tamil Nadu, 1100 m, Nilgiri Hills, 11 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai , N 1124´E 7656´, 13 3-15. V.2002, leg. P. Pacholátko (Linz) .

R e m a r k: In coll. Heinrich (ZSM), the specimen found in Myanmar was labeled as Aulojoppa birmanica by him but not published so far. However, Aulojoppa spilocephala CAMERON, 1907 seems to be a widespread species in Southern and Southeastern Asia that developed many colour variants or subspecies in its wide area of distribution (see also HEINRICH, 1934: 128-129). I therefore prefer to describe this taxon as a subspecies of A. spilocephala here.

Colour: ♀: Black. Basal flagellomeres red-brown, flagellomeres 7-15/16 with ivory stripes, apical flagellomeres blackish. Head black; ivory are large triangular spots on vertices, large halfmoon-shaped spots on facial orbits, stripes on outer orbits, clypeus and mandibles except teeth. Mesosoma black; ivory are frontal margins and upper margins of pronotum caudally, tegulae, subtegular ridges, ventro-caudal spots on mesopleura, scutellum and postscutellum, carinal triangles and large spots around dentiparal edges (sometimes covering apical half of propodeum except black area petiolaris). Metasoma black; 1 st tergite red; postpetiolus with ivory apical band; 2 nd, 3 rd, 6 th and 7 th tergites with apical ivory bands, wider on 2 nd and 6 th tergites, narrow on 3 rd tergite (but more or less widened laterally), sometimes 4 th tergite with narrow apical ivory band, 7 th tergite almost completely ivory. Legs reddish; fore and middle coxae and trochanters more or less ivory; hind femora blackish in apical 0.2; hind tibiae brown, with wide subbasal ivory band; hind tarsi ivory, apical tarsomeres brownish. Wings hyaline, pterostigmas ochreous.

Coloration of 33 differ by ivory stripes on flagellomeres 9/10-19/21, dark brownish pterostigmas and fronto-medial blackish spots on scutellum.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, new for India, Laos and Vietnam.