Heresiarches rufomaculatus, Riedel, 2013

Riedel, M., 2013, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 2. Tribe Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2025-2076 : 2055

Heresiarches rufomaculatus nov.sp. ( figs 24 , 44 )

Holotypus (): " Laos N, 1200 m, Louang Phrabang pr., BAN SONG CHA env., leg. Kuban, V.1999 " (Linz).

D e s c r i p t i o n of: Body length 9.5 mm. Flagellum with 33 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 2.5x as long as wide. Linear tyloids on flagellomeres 10-16. Distance of lateral ocellus to eye 1.3x its diameter, malar space 0.7x as long as width of mandibular base. Frons with scattered puncture above, face and clypeus with dense puncture.

Mesosoma with whitish hairs. Mesoscutum and mesopleurum with dense puncture, speculum smooth. Metapleurum with superficial puncture, especially in the apical half. Scutellum moderately elevated, wider than long, lateral carina in the basal 0.5. Costula in the middle of area superomedia, area petiolaris with coarse puncture.Femur III 4.0x as long as wide. Gastrocoelus small, triangular, Thyridium very small, 0.2x as wide as the thyridial interval, second tergite 0.9x as long as wide. Tergites 2-3 with superficial puncture, tergite 2 with median striation in the basal 2/3.

Coloration: Blackish and reddish. Flagellum black. Black are ocellar field and occiput, mesoscutum, upper third of mesopleurum, pronotum laterally, area petiolaris, basal half of tergite 2 and basal third of tergite 3. Reddish are base of propodeum, metasoma mainly, and legs. Cream yellow are mandibles, clypeus, face, gena, complete orbit, anterior and upper margins of pronotum, two median and two lateral stripes of mesoscutum, metapleural triangle, apical spot on metapleurum, prescutellar carina, sides of scutellum, postscutellum, area dentipara, posterolateral spots on tergites 1-2, coxae I-II, anterodorsal spot on coxa III, all trochanters. Femur III reddish, diffusely darkened ventrally, tibia III in the apical 0.4 and tarsus III infuscate. Pterostigma dark-brown.

unknown.

R e m a r k: The described probably belongs to Heresiarches rufus CAMERON which is only known to me from its short description given by HEINRICH (1970).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Laos.

Figures

Fig. 21-24: Propodeum of (21) Heresiarches felix HEINRICH; (22) Heresiarches formosanus nov.sp.; (23) Heresiarches indicus nov.sp.; (24) Heresiarches rufomaculatus nov.sp..

Fig. 43-48: Metasoma from dorsal of (43) Heresiarches formosanus nov.sp.; (44) Heresiarches rufomaculatus nov.sp.; (45) Heresiarches secundus HEINRICH; (46) Heresiarches tarsator nov.sp.; (47) Heresiarches atanyjoppoides nov.sp.; (48) Heresiarches felix HEINRICH.