Eccoptosage brevispinosa ( Tosquinet, 1903 )

Riedel, Matthias, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Maritime Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 5363 (1), pp. 1-94 : 50

Eccoptosage brevispinosa ( Tosquinet, 1903)

Material. Indonesia: N Sumatra, Ketambe, c. 400 m, near N.P. Gn. Leuser, Mal. trap, 1 ♂ 7.iii.–15.iv.1994, 2 ♂♂ vi.1994, 1 ♂ viii.1994, 1 ♂ ix.1994, 1 ♀ ii.1995, 1 ♂ vi.1995, Y. van Nierop & C. van Achterberg (Leiden); W Sumatra, Lahan basah, Andalas University , Padang , 0.933°S 100.455°E, 156 m, 1 ♀ 1 ♂ 23.i.2016, leg. H. Hamid ( ZSM); Java, Cisama, 900 m, 1 ♀ 9.viii.1986, leg. M. Riedel (coll. Riedel) ; Malaysia: SW Sabah, nr Long Pa Sia ( East ), c 1000 m, 1 ♀ 1 ♀ 1–13.iv.1987, 1 ♂ 25.xi.–7.xii.1987, Mal. trap 5, leg. C. van Achterberg (Leiden) .

Remarks. ♀. Flagellum with 36–37 flagellomeres. Colour: head black, frontal orbit with large ivory spot. Flagellum with ivory rings on flagellomeres 8–12. Mesosoma black; scutellum, metapleuron and propodeum red; collar with yellow band. Legs red, fore coxa yellowish; hind tibia apically and hind tarsus black. 1 st to 3 rd tergites red, following tergites black, 6 th and 7 th tergites with large apical ivory spots. The ♀ from Sabah has a yellow scutellum, black metapleuron, brown petiole and reddish propodeum with brownish sides.

♂: Flagellum with 36 flagellomeres, bristle-shaped; 1 st flagellomere 2.7 × longer than wide. Tyloids absent. Mesopleuron except speculum entirely striate. Colour reddish. Flagellum black, basal flagellomeres ± red. Frons medially, stemmaticum, vertex, pronotum medially and dorsally, mesoscutum entirely and mesopleuron in dorsal 2/3 black. Hind tarsus black.

Distribution. Known from Java and Sulawesi, new record for Borneo and Sumatra.