Setanta nedumalba, Heinrich, 1974

Riedel, Matthias, 2019, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Nepal, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 1119-1162 : 1149

Setanta nedumalba HEINRICH, 1974

M a t e r i a l: Nepal, environment of Gotichaur , 29°12´10´´N 82°18´56´´E, 2850 m, 1♀ 13.VI.1997, leg. Creutzburg (SDEI); Nepal, Mahangaon Nörd., 29°22´28´´N 82°23´26´´E, 3400 m, Weissschale, 1♀ 20.06.1997, leg. Creutzburg ( SDEI) .

R e m a r k: The Nepalese material differs from the original description ( HEINRICH 1974: 447-448) by wider flagellum (widest flagellomeres c. 1.4x wider than long), completely red fore and mid tibiae and black tegula. One specimen has two short paramedian ivory stripes on mesoscutum and larger ivory spots on facial orbit and gena. The juxtacoxal carina is complete in both specimens. Structure and colouration is otherwise typical, but the colour and flagellar structure seems to be rather variable in S. nedumalba HEINRICH. The separation of S. nedumalba HEINRICH and S. himalayensis (CAMERON) is therefore questionable, and both species might be synonyms.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from Myanmar, new record for Nepal.