Lamprojoppa caerulea CAMERON

A. M, 2009, Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1317-1608 : 1512-1513

Lamprojoppa caerulea CAMERON (Plate 50)

Lamprojoppa caerulea CAMERON 1901 - Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 7: 483, ♀. Platylabus caeruleus: HEINRICH 1974 - Ann. Zool. Warszawa 32: 112, ♀. F e m a l e

F l a g e l l u m: Bristle-shaped with 41 segments, with white annulus on segments 10- 14, beyond white annulus widened and flattened ventrally, strongly attenuated and pointed toward apex, basal segments moderately long, first segment 2,4 times longer than width at apex, segment 19 square laterally. Flagellum 1,1 times shorter than the front wing and 1,3 times shorter than body length.

H e a d: Head contour from front gradually uniformly narrowed downwards, transversal, 1,3 wider than height; genae with slightly sinuous contour, eyes large, genae long, 2,5 times shorter height of eye; head contour from above transversal, 1,8 times wider than length. Vertex from lateral straightly slanting behind hind ocelli to occipital carina; temples from above strongly, almost straightly narrowed behind eyes, from lateral long, in middle only 1,2 times shorter than longitudinal diameter of eye, parallel to hind margin of eye; occipital carina very high, sharp, almost not impressed to hind ocelli and far not reach level of eyes; occipital carina meeting with hypostomal carina far from mandible base, abscissula very long; genae 1,5 times longer than the mandible base width; mandibles strongly narrowed behind base, lower tooth moved inside; clypeus transversal, strongly convex, bent at rather distinct angle to middle field of face with straight front margin and slightly rounded lateral corners, separated from middle field by broad impression; clypeal foveae large, deep; labrum long, rounded in front; middle field of face rather broad, high elevated above lateral fields; antennal cavities very deep, laterally reach margins of eyes, without rounded lateral tubercles and with strong narrow tooth between antennal fossae; margins of frons high elevated above face surface; frons from front ocellus with strong longitudinal impression, conjugating with antennal cavities; ocelli of normal size, diameter of lateral ocellus equal to distance from ocellus to eye; ocellar triangle moderately elevated. Face and clypeus densely wrinkly-punctured, shining, frons wrinkled, antennal cavities polished.

T h o r a x: Collar of pronotum long, transverse furrow of pronotum broad, shallow. Mesonotum strongly convex, longer than width, notauli developed up to middle and presented by transversal ribs, surface of mesonotum densely and delicate punctured, shining without microsculpture; subalarum thin, sharp, very high; speculum strongly convex with sparse big smoothed punctures, shining; area of mesopleural fovea very broad and deep; sternauli in a form of narrow impression up to middle of mesopleurae; mesopleurae with angular lower part; surface of mesopleurae strongly longitudinallywrinkled, shining, without microsculpture, scutellum high elevated above postscutellum, laterally carinated, from lateral triangle, with conically elevated horizontal surface with sparse delicate punctures. Hind margin of metanotum with strong triangle projections opposite lateral longitudinal carinae. Propodeum with sharp division on horizontal and vertical surface; horizontal part equal by length to area posteromedia in middle; basal area very deep; area superomedia very long and narrow with cellular surface, high elevated above lateral fields; costulae weak, moved backwards far behind middle; coxal carina absent and presented in a form of transversal ribs; areae dentiparae impressed, comparatively flat with very strong lateral carinae and wrinkles, with long apophysises at apex; area spiraculifera strongly cellular; spiracles of propodeum large, long, slit-shaped, 3,5(from outside)-5(inside) times longer than width, equal 0,7 breadth of area spiraculifera at place of spiracle. Surface of propodeum shining, without microsculpture; metapleurae wrinkled.

L e g s: Long and slender. Claws long sharply curved.

W i n g s: Areolet quadrangular, slightly asymmetrical (external vein of base some longer than internal); stigma narrow, dark; radius slightly sinuous, long; nervulus interstitial; ramulus very long; membrane of wing hyaline, veins dark. Front wing only just shorter (almost equal) than body length.

A b d o m e n: From above broadly-oval, flattened, second tergite shorter than breadth at apex, apex of abdomen flattened; sheath of ovipositor slightly protrude behind apex of abdomen. Petiolus flattened, long, from lateral with angular transform to postpetiolus, dorsolateral carina sharp, ventrolateral weak, but distinct, surface between them strongly wrinkled, with ribs; from above petiolus sharply broadened to postpetiolus; middle field distinctly limited and elevated above more narrow lateral fields, slightly wrinkled, shining; distance between spiracles equal to distance from spiracles to apex. Gastrocoeli very deep, closed to base of tergite, oblique; thyridia distinct, broad, many wider than interval; interval with slight longitudinal impression; lunulae distinct, of moderate size; second tergite delicate coriaceous, slightly shining, sharply separated from tergite 3. Hypopygium flat without longitudinal fold, with rounded apex, slightly impressed ventrally.

C o l o r a t i o n: Metallic blue, with white pattern developed in different degree: semiannulus on flagellum, narrow stripes on facial, frontal orbits and genae.

S i z e: Body length: 11,9; front wing: 10,4; flagellum: 9,1 mm.