Myocious orientalis, 2002

Sime, Karen R. & Wahl, David B., 2002, The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1), pp. 1-56 : 32

MYOCIOUS ORIENTALIS WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Callajoppa genus-group by the characters given above in the generic description of Myocious .

Female. Unknown.

Male. Structure. As in generic description. Colour. Head yellow, the following fuscous: median 0.3 of supra-antennal area; vertex; gena adjacent to occipital carina and mandibular base. Antenna with scape and pedicel dorsally fuscous; flagellum with ventral surface brown, dorsal surface dark brown. Overall colour of mesosoma fuscous, the following yellow: propleuron; flange, dorsal margin, and ventral posterior corner of pronotum; following areas of mesopleuron: anterior margin, subalar ridge, posterior 0.5 of epicnemium, triangular area comprising ventral 0.2 of mesepisternum and extending for 0.5¥ its length; mesopleural venter; two lines extending from notauli to their convergence at mesoscutal apex; median 0.5 of scutellum; anterior margin and central convexity of metanotum; following areas of propodeum: carinae, most of second lateral area, and apical margin. Head and mesosoma with often with reddish yellow region between fuscous and yellow areas. Hind leg overall brownish red; dorsal surface and apical 0.5 of ventral surface of coxa, apical 0.3 of ventral surface of femur, apical 0.1 of tibia, and tarsus except for basal 0.2 of basitarsus, dark brown to fuscous; anterior surfaces of trochanter and trochantellus, basal 0.2 of basitarsus, brownish yellow. Metasoma overall brownish red; basal 0.7 of petiolar dorsum dark brown; T2-5 with pattern of basal fuscous and apical yellow on brownish red ground, fuscous comprising basal 0.5 of T2 and progressively reduced to basal 0.2 on T5. Wings light yellow except for light brown of apical 0.2 of fore wing and apical 0.1 of hind wing. Length. 18.7–20.7 mm (18.7 mm); fore wing 14.5–15.6 mm (14.5 mm).

Type material. Holotype ♂, INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Barkot , 4000 ft., 21.v.1967, ‘no. 281’ (Ram) [ AEIC]. Condition of holotype: intact except left antenna broken beyond flagellomere 25, tarsomeres 4–5 of right fore leg missing, tarsomeres 2–5 of left hind leg missing, and tarsomere 5 of right hind leg missing . Paratype ♂, INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Kashi, Ranajeet , 21.v.1967, ‘no. 280’ (Gupta) [ AEIC] .

Etymology. From the Latin orientalis , of the east, in reference to the specimens’ place of origin.