Cratojoppa nigrifemur, Riedel, 2013

Riedel, M., 2013, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 2. Tribe Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2025-2076 : 2045-2046

Cratojoppa nigrifemur nov.sp.

H o l o t y p u s (): "Malaysia-SW Sabah nr Long Pa Sin (East) c. 1000 m, 1-13.IV.1987, Malaise trap 4, RMNH´87 C. van Achterberg" (Leiden)

P a r a t y p u s (): with same label

D e s c r i p t i o n of: Body length 18.5 mm. Flagellum with 43 flagellomeres. Long-oval tyloids on flagellomeres 9-22, situated in the center of segments. Temple roundly narrowed behind eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to compound eye about 1.2x its diameter. Frons slightly concave, smooth. Face and clypeus with superficial puncture, intervals smooth. Apical margin of clypeus with a small median tubercle.

Mesosoma with whitish hairs. Notauli strongly impressed in the anterior half of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum with scattered puncture and fine granulation, slightly shining. Mesopleurum with smaller and dense puncture, speculum smooth. Metapleurum with coarse rugulo-puncture, coxal area smoothened. Coxal carina distinct. Scutellum flat, without lateral carina and coarse puncture. Area basalis and superomedia slender, confluent and smooth. Area petiolaris with coarse transverse striae. Propodeum otherwise with coarse puncture. Femur III about 5.0x as long as high.

Areolet quadrangular, nervulus postfurcal.

Postpetiole moderately widened. Lateral field with puncture, median field smooth. Gastrocoelus large, smooth. Thyridium large, oblique, 1x as wide as the thyridial interval. Second tergite as long as wide. Tergites 2-5 with puncture, tergites 2-3 and basal half of tergite 4 with median striation.

Coloration: Black. Ivory are long stripe or ring on flagellomeres 13-38, palps, mandible, clypeus and face, gena, complete orbits except a narrow interruption at vertex, scapus beneath, apical margin of propleurum, collare and upper margin of pronotum, tegula, subtegular ridge, two short median stripes on mesoscutum, lower mesopleurum and mesosternum, prescutellar carina, sides and apex of scutellum, postscutellum, spot of area spiraculifera in front of spiracle, combined areae basalis and superomedia, area posteroexterna and dentiparal edge, apical bands of all tergites, coxae I-II, all trochanters, coxa III ventrally and partly on dorsal side, frontal parts of legs I-II. Legs I-II otherwise brownish. Femur III black, tibia III black, with subbasal ivory ring. Tarsus III completely ivory. Pterostigma blackish.

R e m a r k: The new taxon differs from the other known Cratojoppa -species by its black femur III and the longer ivory stripe on flagellum.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Malaysia.