Ulesta nigroscutella TERESHKIN, 1993

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Ulesta nigroscutella TERESHKIN, 1993

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia,AltaiMountains,Uimenriver,1♁ 12.VII.1960, leg. A. Rasnitsyn (ZSM). R e m a r k: The ♁ from Altai Mountains slightly differs from the Belarussian ♁

( TERESHKIN 2000): body length 13 mm. Flagellum with 38 flagellomeres; tyloids in flagellomeres 6-16. Temple slightly widened behind eyes. OED 1.6× ocellar diameter. Hind femur 3.8× longer than wide. Scutellum with lateral carina in basal half. Juxtacoxal carina present. Median field of postpetiolus coarsely striate. Outer orbit black. Hind edge of pronotum with small yellowish spot. Tegula brownish. Coxae and trochanters black; fore and mid legs otherwise reddish-brown, tibiae and tarsi yellowish with yellowish stripes frontally; hind femur black, narrowly red basally; hind tibia diffusely infuscate in apical third; hind tarsus brown. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites reddish. Pterostigma reddish.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from Belarus, new record for the East Palaearctic region.