Palpostilpnus papuator ( Aubert, 1961 )

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 : 48-49

Palpostilpnus papuator ( Aubert, 1961)

Fig. 24

Townostilpnus (Palpostilpnus) papuator Aubert, 1961: 58 .

Palpostilpnus papuator – Townes 1970: 17 .

Diagnosis

Clypeal suture indistinct. Fore wing with M present. Propodeal carinae partly present. Ovipositor 2.1 times as long as hind basitarsus. Body mostly black, with middle flagellomeres dorsally, palpi, trochanters, basal part of hind tibia and T6 white ( Fig. 23B ). Wings infuscated, with two transverse bands.

Material examined

Holotype

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • ♀; Lanham Dobodura; Dec. 1943; H. Townes leg.; USUC.

Description

Female (holotype)

SIZE. Fore wing length 3.8 mm. Body short and stout, 1.40 times as long as high ( Fig. 24 ).

HEAD. Face 1.13 times as broad as high, centrally slightly convex, finely granulose ( Fig. 24C ). Clypeal suture indistinct. Clypeus slightly convex, matte, transversely striate, apically evenly convex downwards, with sharp apical margin. Mandible basally sparsely punctate; teeth blunt, with subequal length. Malar space granulated, 0.8 times as long as basal mandible width. Gena glossy, smooth and shiny, with no distinct carina dorsally between vertex and eye. Vertex smooth to coriarious; posterior portion from behind ocelli to occipital carina slanted almost vertically, slightly concave. Frons coriarious-rugose, lower portion slightly concave.Antenna slightly shorter than body, median portion moderately thickened.

MESOSOMA. Pronotum rugulose.Epomia indistinct.Mesoscutum wide and short, convex, mostly coriarious, with short transverse striae over notaulus. Notaulus distinct, reaching past half length of mesoscutum. Scutellum convex, with strong, regularly spaced longitudinal striae. Postscutellum transverse, smooth. Mesopleuron irregularly rugose, with sparse, small, smooth areas, sparsely pilose. Epicnemial carina short, extending through ventral 0.5 of mesopleuron ( Fig. 24D ). Sternaulus distinct, extending over entire mesopleuron. Juxtacoxal carina distinct. Submetapleural carina complete. Fore wing with 1cu-a distinctly distad of M becoming Rs, 3rs-m absent, distal abscissa of M spectral; ramulus absent; length of vein Cu slightly longer than 2cu-a. Hind wing with cu-a strongly inclivous and interrupted at lower 0.3. Distal abscissa of Cu spectral. Distal abscissa of M spectral. Inner profile of fore basitarsus with basal half distinctly bent. Hind coxa punctate along lateral longitudinal portion, elsewhere smooth. Hind femur stout, length 3.9 times its maximum width, with distinct ridge-like swelling on basal 0.3 of posterior face. Basal portion of hind tibia slender, gradually thick toward apex. Longer spur of hind tibia 0.35 times as long as length of hind basitarsus. Propodeum steeply sloping in lateral view, centrally smooth, anterior and lateral portions rugulose. Posterior transverse and median longitudinal carinae well developed, complete.

METASOMA ( Fig. 26A ). T1 approximately 2.5 times as long as apically broad; portion just before posterior apex bulging and distinctly broader than posterior margin; petiole flat, laterally smooth, dorsally with fine longitudinal striae extending into postpetiole; median dorsal carina absent; dorsolateral and ventrolateral carinae anteriorly distinct, fading towards posterior apex; spiracle small, round, not prominent. T2–T3 covered with fine, but distinct longitudinal striae. T2 long and widened posteriorly, approximately 1.4 times as long as apically broad. T3 approximately 1.0 times as long as apically broad, parallel-sided. Ovipositor 2.1 times as long as hind basitarsus.

COLOUR. Body almost entirely blackish, with legs mostly brownish to orange. Head black; scape and pedicel ferruginous-brown; flagellum brown, flagellomeres 6–10 dorsally white. Apex of mandible reddish. Palpi whitish. Mesosoma black. Fore leg ferruginous except trochanter whitish; mid and hind coxae brown, trochanters whitish; remainder of mid leg fuscous, except basal 0.6 of dorsal face of tibia whitish. Hind leg apicad of trochanter dark brown, except basal 0.25 of tibia whitish. Fore wing with distinct median and subapical infuscate bands. T4–T7 brownish, T5–T7 with posterior whitish band, S2 whitish.

Remarks

This species is similar to P. striator Aubert, 1961 , from which it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: frons, mesonotum and mesosternum finely punctate, entirely dull, ovipositor 2.1 times as long as length of hind basitarsus (vs 1.5 times in P. striator ).

Distribution

Papua New Guinea.

Figures

Fig. 24. Palpostilpnus papuator (Aubert, 1961), holotype, ♀ (USUC). A. Lateral habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Head, anterior view. D. Mesopleuron.

Fig. 23. Palpostilpnus palpator (Aubert, 1961), holotype, ♀ (USUC). A. Lateral habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Mesopleuron. D. Head, anterior view. E. Scutum and vertex, dorsal view. F. Part of metasoma (T2).

Fig. 26. Palpostilpnus singaporensis sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (LKCNHM). A. Lateral habitus. B. Head, anterior view. C. Mesopleuron. D. T1, dorsal view. E. Scutum.