Palpostilpnus brevis Sheng & Broad, 2011

Reshchikov, Alexey, Santos, Bernardo F., Liu, Jing-Xian & Barthélémy, Christophe, 2019, Review of Palpostilpnus Aubert (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae), with the description of ten new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 582, pp. 1-63 : 43

Palpostilpnus brevis Sheng & Broad, 2011

Palpostilpnus brevis Sheng & Broad, 2011: 63 (holotype, ♀, in GSFPM, not examined).

Diagnosis

Clypeal suture very weak and indistinct. Postero-ocellar distance equal to distance between lateral ocellus and eye margin. Notaulus distinct. Hind wing with cu-a interrupted at lower 0.2. Lateral carinae of area basalis combined into one carina. Ovipositor very short, 0.4 times as long as length of hind basitarsus. T2 and T3 yellowish brown to reddish brown. Wings hyaline.Antennal flagellum with middle flagellomeres coloured white dorsally.

Remarks

This species is similar to P. palpator ( Aubert, 1961) , but differs from it by the following combination of characters: notaulus distinct, T2–T4 reddish (black in P. palpator ), middle antennal flagellomeres coloured white, frons with fine leathery texture and unevenly punctate, ovipositor 0.4 times as long as length of hind basitarsus (2.1 times in P. palpator ), fore and mid coxae white, and hind tibia dark brown.

Distribution

China (Jiangxi).