Pimplomorpha mahafaty Rousse, Villemant et Seyrig

Rousse, Pascal, Villemant, Claire & Seyrig, Andre, 2011, Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar. V. Ichneumonidae Cremastinae, Zootaxa 3118, pp. 1-30 : 16

Pimplomorpha mahafaty Rousse, Villemant et Seyrig sp. nov.

( Figs. 9 b–c)

Diagnosis. Species recognizable by the spectral vein Cu1 on hind wing.

Description. FEMALE (11 specimens). L: 5.9, 5.9 (5.1–6.3).

Head. Constricted behind eyes. Temples distinctly rounded. Vertex shagreened with shallow and sparse punctures. Face densely punctate-shagreened. Clypeus almost smooth and strongly transverse, almost as wide as face (Ci = 3.7). Mandibles very long and stout, slightly wrinkled at base, the lower tooth about 1.5x longer than the upper. Malar space moderately long (MLMi = 0.8). Antenna with 35 flagellomeres.

Mesosoma . Pronotum granulate, dorso-apically shagreened and with basal transverse wrinkles. Mesonotum and scutellum shagreened. Notaulus shallow but distinct, reaching the middle of mesoscutum. Pleurae densely punctate-shagreened. Speculum smooth. Scutellum rounded, postscutellum flat and longitudinally ribbed. Propodeum densely punctate-shagreened. Area petiolaris rugose with transverse wrinkles. Area basalis triangular, small, petiolate. Area superomedia about twice longer than wide, almost rounded anteriorly. Tarsal claws pectinate at base. Hind wing with vein Cu1 spectral, 1/Cu longer than cu-a.

Metasoma. Postpetiole, tergite II and basal part of tergite III finely aciculate, the remaining tergites alutaceous with shallow punctures. Ovipositor long (OTi = 1.7–2.2).

Color. Orange overall, face and orbits clearer. Tergites 1 and 2 fuscous, apically orange. Flagellum, hind tibia posteriorly, hind tarsus, ovipositor and ovipositor sheath dark brown. Wings hyaline, pterostigma light brown, lighter in the middle.

MALE. Unknown.

Etymology. “ Mahafaty ” means “dangerous” in Malagasy and is also a great hiking place of Reunion.

Distribution records. Madagascar (Antsiranana and Toliara provinces).

Type material. HOLOTYPE Ƥ ( MNHN EY 3697) “ Madagascar, Montagne d’Ambre, Muséum Paris, I. 34, A. Seyrig”, complete. PARATYPES 3ƤƤ ( MNHN EY 3700, 3715, 3717), same locality, January 1934; 17ƤƤ ( MNHN EY 3698–99, 3701–3714, 3716), Bekily [Ampandrandava], January 1933, 1937, 1939, March 1937, December 1933, 1936; 6 Ƥ Bekily, December 1937 (one of each to the following institutions: AMNH, BNHM, CAS, ISAM, MNKB, NMW).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Pimplomorpha spp. a – b: P. dolini Narolsky; c – d: P. mahafaty sp. nov.; e – f: P. quilicii sp. nov. (left: habitus; right: face); g: P. dolini sp. nov. ovipositor tip; h: P. quilicii sp. nov. ovipositor tip.