Habrojoppa vietnamensis, Riedel, 2011

Riedel, M., 2011, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 1. Tribes Clypeodromini, Listrodromini, Goedartini, Compsophorini, and Platylabini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2), pp. 1549-1572 : 1558-1559

Habrojoppa vietnamensis nov.sp.

H o l o t y p u s (): N Vietnam, Viet Try nr. Thanh Son, Thuong Cuu, 20°59`N 105°8`E, 350-400 m, 11-16.x.1999, Malaise traps, leg. R. de Vries, RMNH´99" (Leiden).

D e s c r i p t i o n:

Body length 11.5 mm. Flagellum bristle-shaped, more than 34 flagellomeres (tips broken off), first flagellomere (without anellus) about 3.4 times, the second 2.7 times as long as wide, no tyloids visible. Temples long, parallel behind the eyes, slightly narrowed behind, frons smooth and shining, face, clypeus and genae with rather dense and fine puncture, head covered with long whitish hairs. Ocelli very small, diameter of lateral ocelli about 0.5 times their distance to compound eyes. Malar space long, about 1.3 times as long as width of mandibular base.

Mesosoma with long whitish hairs. Epomia distinct, sides of pronotum with dense coarse puncture, hind edge with rib-like striation, mesoscutum with very coarse and worm-like wrinkles. Mesopleura and metapleura with strong longitudinal punctulo-striation, specu- lum smooth, coxal carina lacking. Scutellum transverse, elevated but not pointed in the center, lateral carinae in the basal 0.7, with dense puncture and long erected whitish hairs. Area superomedia longer than wide, almost oval, with a fine longitudinal carina in the center. Hind femur about 4.8 times as long as high.

Areolet narrowed in front, intercubiti distance about 1 times their width, 2 m-cu sinuslike curved outwards posteriorly. Nervulus distinctly postfurcal. Nervellus in hind wing strongly reclivous.

Colour metallic blue. Flagellum blackish. Ivory are stripes or rings on flagellomeres 13- 17, mandibles except teeth, wide facial orbits and sides of clypeus, narrow frontal orbits, spot on tegulae, apical 2/3 of scutellum, apical bands on postpetiole and tergite 2, wide apical margins of tergites 5-7, front and middle coxae and trochanters on their frontal side, sternite 2 centrally and apically, narrow apical margins of the following sternites. Third tergite with narrow reddish hind margin, Front and middle legs yellowish-red, hind legs black, hind trochantellus reddish. Wings somewhat darkened, pterostigma black.

The is unknown.

T a x o n o m i c a l r e m a r k s The species is closely related to Habrojoppa maculipes CAMERON 1903, but differs by its black hind legs without ivory coloration of hind tibia and tarsus and the ivory stripe on the flagellum.