Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016

Qin, Jiong, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925 from China (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5256 (4), pp. 345-357 : 354-356

Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016

Figs 33–40

Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016: 144 .

Material examined. 4♁, China, Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, Xishuangbannan Forest Park, 31.VII.2003, Tingjing Li ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Body length 5.5–6.1 mm in male, setae sparse and short, body black, with yellow markings ( Fig. 33 ); clypeus ( Fig. 34 ) entirely yellow, longer than wide; A13 pointed at apex and not reaching the base of A11 ( Fig. 36 ); occipital carina incomplete, evanescent on vertex ( Figs 33, 35 ); median sloping area of anterior face of pronotum polished and each side punctate ( Fig. 35 ); propodeum sloping downward just behind metanotum, dorsal carina strong; T1 wider than long and with large dense punctures, basal transverse carina strongly raised ( Fig. 37 ); T2 ( Figs 38–39 ) apically with yellow and wavy band, swollen obviously, with a row of large and regular punctures close to margin, not forming raised submargin, margin narrow and not prolonged medially; S2 with shallow and indistinct longitudinal furrow; T3 wholly archedly prolonged, apex of prolongation polished ( Fig. 39 ); S3 just archedly prolonged medially ( Fig. 40 ).

Female (in Girish Kumar et al. 2016). Body length 6.5 mm. Sculpture, punctuation, setae, and coloration similar to male except as follows: clypeus with yellow marking, except a brownish black spot at middle and brownish black outer border ( Figs 13–18 in Girish Kumar et al. 2016); clypeus less emarginate at apex.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); India.

Figures

FIGURES 33–40. Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti, ♁. 33. Habitus (dorsal view); 34. Clypeus; 35. Head and pronotum (dorsal view); 36.Antenna; 37. Propodeum and T1 (dorsal view); 38. Metasomal segments 2–7 (lateral view); 39. T2–T7 (dorsal view); 40. S2–S6 (ventral view).

FIGURES 8–14. Parancistrocerus elatitergus sp. n., holotype, ♀. 8. Habitus (dorsal view); 9. Clypeus; 10. Propodeum and T1 (dorsal view); 11. Head and pronotum (dorsal view); 12. T2–T6 (dorsal view); 13. Metasomal segments 2–6 (lateral view); 14. S2–S3 (ventral view).

FIGURES 15–24. Parancistrocerus extentitergus sp. n., 15, 17, 19, 20, 22–24, holotype, ♀; 16, 18, 21, paratype, ♁. 15– 16. Habitus (dorsal view); 17–18. Clypeus; 19. Head and pronotum (dorsal view); 20. Propodeum and T1 (dorsal view); 21. Antenna; 22. T2 and S2 (lateral view); 23. T2–T6 (dorsal view); 24. S2–S6 (ventral view).