Hedychrum migliaccioi Rosa, 2019

Rosa, P., 2019, Two new species of Hedychrum Latreille (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from India and Nepal with review of the genus distribution in Asia, Far Eastern Entomologist 385, pp. 1-11 : 5-6

Hedychrum migliaccioi Rosa , sp. n.

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Figs 8 –12

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♀, Nepal: Janakpur Zone, Jiri, 1850 m, 20.V

1980, leg. E. Migliaccio [ MSNM].

habitus, lateral view.

DIAGNOSIS. Hedychrum migliaccioi sp. n. is recognizable among other Asian

Hedychrum species mainly for the following combination of metasomal features: the metasomal punctation is minute, scattered and shallow; in dorsal view, the shape of metasoma is distinctly ovoidal; in lateral view, it is flattened, as in other alpine cuckoo wasps; in posterior view, the apical margin of the third tergum bears long brownish setae; in ventral view, the third sternum has a large, rounded, apico-medial projection.

A similar ovoidal morphology of metasoma is found in the Oriental species H. striatum Mocsáry, 1911 , yet the latter is easily recognisable by: body colouration en-

tirely blue; pronotum distinctly elongate, subcylindrical; ocelli closer each other;

denser metasoma punctation, with large punctures at sides. The wing length is also diagnostic, being almost 0.7 times as long as body length. Moreover, the female of

Figures

Figs 8–9. Hedychrum migliaccioi sp. n., female holotype. 8 – habitus, dorsal view; 9 –