Aoplus rufomaculatus, Riedel, 2019

Riedel, Matthias, 2019, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Nepal, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 1119-1162 : 1123-1124

Aoplus rufomaculatus nov.sp. (figs 5-6)

Holotype: ♀ " Nepal, Umg. Gotichaur, 13.06.1997, 29°12´10´´N 82°18´56´´E, leg. Creutzburg, 2850 m " ( SDEI).

D e s c r i p t i o n: ♀: Body length 11 mm. Flagellum slender, slightly lanceolate, with 33 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere 3.5x longer than wide, 14 th flagellomere square, widest flagellomeres c. 1.2x wider than long. Temple strongly and almost linearly narrowed behind eye, dorsally c. 0.45x as long as eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to eye 1.0x ocellar diameter. Frons granulate and with superficial punctures, matte. Face with dense punctures and fine granulation, ± matte. Clypeus slightly convex, densely punctate, shining; apical margin sharp and straight. Gena with fine dense punctures, 0.7x as wide as eye. Malar space 1.0x as long as width of mandibular base. Mandible slender, with two teeth; lower tooth very small and slightly bent inwards (by c. 30°). Genal carina reaching hypostomal carina away from mandibular base, both carinae low.

Mesosoma with fine and short grey hairs. Notaulus distinctly impressed in frontal 0.4 of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum granulate and with fine dense punctures, matte. Mesopleuron and metapleuron densely and finely rugose-punctate. Speculum finely punctate. Juxtacoxal carina present. Scutellum slightly convex, about as long as wide, with dense punctures and lateral carina in basal half. Area basalis slightly bulging forward medially. Area superomedia hexagonal, about as long as wide, rugose; costula absent. Area petiolaris with transverse rugae and lateral carina. Outer dentiparal edge without apophysis. Hind coxa densely punctate, with small whitish scopa which is 1/4x as long as hind coxa. Legs slender. Hind femur 5.0x longer than wide, with dense punctures. Hind tibia without external denticular spurs. Claws with 1-2 short basal teeth, strongly bent

apically. Areolet almost quadrangular, frontal distance of intercubiti 1x their width; 2nd recurrent

vein reaching areolet slightly distal to the middle. Nervulus postfurcal (by 1x its width).

Metasoma oxypygous. Postpetiolus moderately widened apically, without dorsal carina, median field slightly elevated and finely rugose. Gastrocoelus impressed, with fine rugae. Thyridium slightly oblique, 1.5x as wide as the interval. 2 nd tergite 1.05x wider than long. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites granulate and with fine and dense punctures, matte. Following tergites finely granulate and shining. 2 nd to 6 th sternites with median folds. Ovipositor sheath stab-shaped, distinctly extending beyond metasomal apex (by length of 2 nd hind tarsomere).

Colour: Black. Scape red ventrally, flagellomeres 8-12 with ivory stripes. Head reddish; palps, stemmaticum and occiput black; inner orbit yellow. Mesosoma black; pronotum, mesoscutum except black margins, tegula and postscutellum reddish; frontal and upper margins of pronotum, subtegular ridge and scutellum yellow. Petiolus black. Postpetiolus and tergites red; 2 nd and 3 rd tergites with halfmoon-shaped black spots; 4 th and 5 th tergites with black basal bands. Legs mainly red; all trochanters and hind coxa black. Fore and mid femora brown dorsally; hind femur black, red in basal 0.2. Distal tarsomeres ± brown. Wings slightly yellowish infuscate, pterostigma yellow.

♂ unknown.