Nesodiprion albiventris Togashi, 1998

Hara, Hideho & Smith, David R., 2015, Japanese species of the sawfly genus Nesodiprion (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae), Zootaxa 4007 (4), pp. 481-508 : 497

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scientific name	Nesodiprion albiventris Togashi, 1998
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Figs 3A–B View FIGURES 3 A – M , 6A–B View FIGURES 6 A – I , 7F View FIGURES 7 A – J , 9G View FIGURES 9 A – L , 11G View FIGURES 11 A – L , 12H View FIGURES 12 A – M , 13G View FIGURES 13 A – K , 14L–M View FIGURES 14 A – Y

Nesodiprion albiventris Togashi, 1998: 254 ; Taeger et al. 2010: 209: Hara & Smith 2012: 22.

Additional description of female (holotype). Shiny, without colored metallic reflections ( Figs 3A–B View FIGURES 3 A – M ). Head with punctures weak on dorsal area, large, partly distinct and mostly fused on anterodorsal area ( Figs 6A–B View FIGURES 6 A – I ). Thorax with punctures on mesoscutum small and weak, vague on posterior part of median lobe, on mesoscutellum large and sparse ( Fig. 9G View FIGURES 9 A – L ), and large and mostly contiguous on dorsal part of mesepisternum ( Fig. 11G View FIGURES 11 A – L ). Abdomen dorsally weakly microsculptured ( Fig. 13G View FIGURES 13 A – K ); first tergum punctured on wide medial area.

Distance between eyes 1.5 × eye height. Malar space 0.4 × width of median ocellus. First flagellomere in lateral view ( Fig. 7F View FIGURES 7 A – J ) with length along dorsal margin 0.9 × apical breadth except for ramus and ramus length 1.9 × its flagellomere length. Anterior edge of mesoscutellum angled about 100° ( Fig. 9G View FIGURES 9 A – L ). In hind leg, first tarsomere length 1.5 × tibia breadth ( Fig. 12H View FIGURES 12 A – M ). In hind wing, section of vein 1A between crossveins a and cu-a 1.4 × as long as width of cell 1A.

Ovipositor sheath as in Figs 14L–M View FIGURES 14 A – Y . (Ovipositor missing.)

Material examined. Holotype ( Figs 3A–B View FIGURES 3 A – M ): ♀, “Kume Is., Okinawa, 2. Xl. 1978, M. Kinjo” ( NSMT).

Distribution. Japan: Okinawa Pref. (Ryukyu Islands: Kume-jima Is.).

Remarks. The female of N. albiventris is characterized by the richly pale-marked body ( Figs 3A–B View FIGURES 3 A – M ) and the weakly microsculptured abdominal terga ( Fig. 13G View FIGURES 13 A – K ).