Pristaulacus asiaticus Turrisi & Smith, 2011

Pham, Nhi Thi, Long, Khuat Dang, Dzuong, Nguyen Van, Mai, Pham Quynh & Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio, 2024, The genus Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) in Vietnam and Northeastern Laos with descriptions of ten new species, Zootaxa 5432 (2), pp. 213-249 : 239-240

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scientific name	Pristaulacus asiaticus Turrisi & Smith, 2011
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Pristaulacus asiaticus Turrisi & Smith, 2011 ( Figures 18A–B, 23)

Pristaulacus asiaticus Turrisi & Smith, 2011: 10 View Cited Treatment , Figs 3–9,

holotype ♂, “ China: W. Hupeh Province , Lichuan District, Hsiao-Ho/ 10 August 1948, Gressit & Djou, Calif. Acad. Sciences/ Pristaulacus asiaticus Turrisi & Smith sp. nov. ♂, 2009, Holotypus ” ( CAS) .

Material examined. VIETNAM: 1♀, labelled “Aulac. 003 ” ( IEBR), N Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Trang An, Thung Ui, forest, 20°15.430’N 105°53.103’E, 7 m, sweep, 13.vi.2018, Pham T.N. GoogleMaps

Diagnostic characters. (based on specimen collected in Vietnam). Body length: 15.1 mm; antenna length: 7.5 mm; fore wing length: 10.5 mm; ovipositor length: 12.6 mm.

Scape 1.4 × length pedicel; first flagellomere 1.1 × as long as scape, and 0.6 × length of second flagellomere; occipital carina lamelliform, complete; median occipital groove U-shaped, moderately deep and wide, 0.6 × diameter of an ocellus; vertex and temple evenly sparsely punctate; pronotum, in lateral view, with two projecting tooth-like processes, anterior tooth-like processes blunt, almost truncate apically; scutellum largely irregular rugulose; fore wing vein 3-Ma much shorter than vein 3-Mb; 2-Rs+M: 2-Ma+3-Ma = 3: 34; vein: 3-Mb fusing with 4-M; subapical hind coxal groove (ovipositor guide) deep, with sparse setae ( Fig. 18A), apical trochanteral groove wide and deep, trochantellus rather distinct ( Fig. 18B); tarsal claw with five tooth-like processes; fore wing membrane dark smoky brown, except discal cell, basal half of first submarginal cell and apex of basal cell light brown; large blackish brown spot occupying basal one third of marginal and apical half of first submarginal cells, second submarginal cell entirely blackish brown.

Male. Unknown

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Hubei); Northern Vietnam (Ninh Binh province: labelled “Aulac. 003 ” in this paper) ( Fig. 23).

Remarks. Type material examined by G.F. Turrisi. See Turrisi & Smith (2011) for description.