Acropimpla nakula Gupta et Tikar, 1976

Liu, Jing-Xian, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2010, Acropimpla Townes from China (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with key to Chinese fauna and descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2394, pp. 23-40 : 31-32

Acropimpla nakula Gupta et Tikar, 1976

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Acropimpla nakula Gupta et Tikar, 1976: 157 . Type: female.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 female, West Mt. Tianmu (Lat. 30.30, Long. 119.38), Zhejiang, 28-VII-2003, Coll. Xue-xin Chen, No.200308504; 2 females, West Mt. Tianmu (Lat. 30.30, Long. 119.38), Zhejiang, 1-VII- 2001, Coll. Mei-hua Piao, Nos. 200105773, 200105971; 1 female, Mt. Qingliangfeng (Lat. 30.02, Long. 118.83), Zhejiang, 12-VIII-2005, Coll. Hong-ying Zhang, No.200603498; 1 female, West Mt. Tianmu (Lat. 30.30., Long. 119.38), Zhejiang, 18-VIII-1999, Coll. Yun Ma, No.997544; 1 female, Mt. Fengyang (Lat. 27.76, Long. 119.10), Longquan, Zhejiang, 8-VIII-2003, Coll. Qiong Wu, No. 20041421; 1 female, Mt. Fengyang (Lat. 27.76, Long. 119.10), Longquan, Zhejiang, 10-VIII-2003, Coll. Jing-xian Liu, No.200704320; 1 female, Mt. Baishanzu (Lat. 27.67, Long. 119.05), Qingyuan, Zhejiang, 21-VII-1993, Coll. Hong Wu, No.940596; 1 female, Jinxixiang, Jianning (Lat. 26.61, Long. 116.80), Fujian, 25-IX-2002, Coll. De-song Ruan, No.20024292.

Distribution records. China (Zhejiang, Fujian).

Comments. This species can be easily distinguished from congeners by face wholly black, pronotum except near sternum, mesoscutum, scutellum, metascutellum, and upper anterior part of mesopleuron reddish, and tubercles on second to fifth tergites smooth.

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FIGURE 7. Acropimpla nakula Gupta et Tikar, habitus, lateral; scale bar = 1 mm.