Xanthopimpla ochracea (Smith, 1858)

Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio & Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2011, 3056, Zootaxa 3056, pp. 1-67 : 23

Xanthopimpla ochracea (Smith, 1858)

Pimpla ochracea Smith, 1859 . Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. London Zool., 3: 172. Holotype: ♀, Indonesia: Molucca Island , Aru (OUMNH).

Xanthopimpla ochracea: Krieger (1899) .

Xanthopimpla valga Kriger, 1914 . Arch. f. Naturgesch., (A) 80 (6): 41, 94. Holotype: ♂, Indonesia: Sumatra, Sarik (ZMHB).

Xanthopimpla ochracea valga Krieger, 1914 : Townes & Chiu (1970).

Diagnosis. Propodeum with inner side of second lateral area shorter than outer side, area superomedia about 0.65–0.7x as long as wide; ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia.

Distribution. Townes & Chiu (1970) previously recorded this species from Lai Chau Province (North Vietnam). Outside Vietnam, it has been recorded from China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Australia ( Yu et al., 2005).

Remarks. Seven subspecies are currently known: X. ochracea ochracea and X. ochracea peterseni Townes & Chiu from the Australian region; X. ochracea axis Roman from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines; X. ochracea kriegeri Ashmead from the Philippines; X. ochracea parva Krieger from Indonesia; X. ochracea valga Krieger from India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines; and X. ochracea yami Uchida from Hungtau Island (near Taiwan). Two northern Vietnamese specimens seem to belong to X. ochracea valga , which is characterized by three separated black spots on the mesoscutum, plus a black mark in front of the scutellum and the hind tibia black basally. Two female specimens from Dak Lak Province have the hind tibia black basally, but one specimen has three continuous black spots on the mesoscutum, the other without a black spot on the median lobe of the mesoscutum. The current subspecies classification is probably untenable but we have not examined enough material from different parts of their ranges to make any firm conclusion.

Material examined. Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong NP: 1♀ ( OMNH), 200–300 m a.s.l, 29.iv.1998, R. Matsumoto leg. ; Phu Tho, Xuan Son NP: 1♂ ( IEBR), 300 m a.s.l, 17.x.2004, leg. Truong X. L ; Dak Lak, Ea So NR: 2♀ ( IEBR), 310m a.s.l 12°55.93’N 108°37.96’E, 27.vii.2008, H. T. Ngo leg.