Thaictenopelma splendida Ranjith, Reshchikov & Quicke, 2024

Ranjith, Avunjikkattu P., Quicke, Donald L. J., Reshchikov, Alexey & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, A new enigmatic genus of the ichneumonid subfamily Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Thailand, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97, pp. 491-504 : 491-504

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/jhr.97.121436
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11476586
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/290A9FF7-1B38-4EA8-8503-FAE23B475054
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:290A9FF7-1B38-4EA8-8503-FAE23B475054
treatment provided by	Journal of Hymenoptera Research by Pensoft
scientific name	Thaictenopelma splendida Ranjith, Reshchikov & Quicke
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Thaictenopelma splendida Ranjith, Reshchikov & Quicke sp. nov.

Type material.

Holotype. Thailand • ♀, Nan Province, Doi Phu Kha National Park ; 19 ° 12.236 ' N, 101 ° 04.667 ' E, altitude 1,341 m. a. s. l. 5–6 July 2022, Malaise trap, Worapong Atsawasiramanee leg.; Malaise trap ( CUMZ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: Thailand • 2 ♂, Thailand, Nan province, Pua district, Doi Phu Kha National Park , 19 ° 10.450 ' N, 101 ° 06.370 ' E alt. 1677 m, 7–20. ix. 2018, Malaise trap, coll. Worapong Atsawasiramanee ( CUMZ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Doi Pha Luang ; 20 ° 1.06 ' N, 99 ° 9.581 ' E, altitude 1,449 m. a. s. l., 27 Jul. – 3 Aug. 2007, Malaise trap, T 2932 , Wongchai P. leg.; ( QSBG) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ & 1 ♂; same sampling data but 3–10 Aug. 2007, T 2931, Wongchai P. leg. ( QSBG) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂ same sampling data but 7–14 Oct. 2007, T 6209, Wongchai P. leg.; ( QSBG) GoogleMaps .

Description.

Female (holotype): Body length 8.5 mm, fore wing length 7.8 mm.

Head. Antenna with 42 flagellomeres, all longer than wide, flagellomeres narrowing towards apex, F 1 1.5 × as long as F 2, F 1 & F 2 2.4, 1.8 × as long as wide, respectively. Scape approximately as long as maximally wide (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ). Head transverse 1.5 × as wide as high in anterior view, 1.8 × as wide as long in dorsal view. Face transverse, flat, distinctly punctate with granulate interspace, setose, 2.0 × as long as wide (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ). Inner margin of eyes parallel (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ). Clypeus transverse, 3.5 × as long as wide, sepatated from face by distinct suture (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ). Malar space 0.4 × as long as basal width of mandible. Lower tooth of mandible 1.6 × as long as upper tooth. Gena 0.6 × as long as eye in lateral view, 0.7 × as long as transverse diameter of eye in dorsal view. Frons distinctly punctate with granulate interspace, setose (Fig. 2 A View Figure 2 ). OOL 2.1 × OD; OOL 1.9 × POL. Vertex and occiput distinctly punctate with granulate interspaces (Fig. 2 A View Figure 2 ).

Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.4 × as long as high. Pronotum rugose punctate with indistinct groove laterally, setose (Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ). Propleuron distinctly punctate, setose (Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ). Scutellum 0.7 × as long as wide, moderately punctate with smooth interspace, setose (Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ). Propodeum with area superomedia 1.0 × as long as wide, anterior transverse carina straight laterally, lateral extension of posterior transverse carina distinctly curved (Fig. 2 E View Figure 2 ).

Wings. Pterostigma 3.4 × as long as wide. Fore wing areolet 0.8 × as long as maximum width. Vein 2 rs-m 1.5 × as long as 3 rs-m.

Legs. Hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 5.4, 5.7, 5.9 × as long as its maximum width, respectively.

Metasoma. T 1 1.0 × as long as its maximum width. T 2 0.7 × as long as its maximum width. T 2 1.1 × as long as T 3. T 3 0.6 × as long as its maximum width. Ovipositor sheath 0.2 × as long as hind basitarsus.

Coloration. Body mostly black except the following yellow: face and clypeus except medially, mandible except apically, gena postero-basally, frons laterally, pronotum antero- and postero-laterally, mesopleuron posteriorly, scutellum, axilla, metanotum mediobasally and postero-laterally, metapleuron except anterior blackish patch, propodeum except area externa, fore leg, mid coxa, mid femora, mid tibia, mid basitarsus except apically, hind coxa dorsally and baso-ventrally, hind tibia medially, T 1 mediobasally, posterior margin of T 1, anterior and posterior margin of T 2, anterior margin of T 3 and ovipositor; the following brown: antenna except medially, hind coxa apico-ventrally, hind trochanter and femur, hind tibia basally and apically, hind basitarsus basal 1 / 3 rd, venation, pterostigma, hind basitarsus apically, hind tarsus 2–3, tarsal claw brown; and the following white: antenna medially, medial tarsomere 4–5, hind basitarsus apical 2 / 3 rd, hind tarsomere 2–5.

Variation. In paratypes from Doi Pha Luang antenna with 39 flagellomeres, occiput more strongly concave, area superomedia with transverse carina more strongly arched posteriorly. Clypeus completely black except apically, metapleuron and anterior part of propodeum black, T 2 baso-laterally black.

Male. Same as female except the following characters; Clypeus transverse, 3.2 × as long as wide, clypeal margin protrtuding anteriorly (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ). Scape 1.4 × long as its maximum width (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ). Face transverse, flat, shallowly punctate with shagreen matt interspace, setose, 1.6 × as long as wide. Malar space 0.3 × as long as basal width of mandible. Lower tooth of mandible 1.8 × as long as upper tooth. T 1 1.5 × as long as its maximum width. T 2 0.6 × as long as its maximum width (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ). Posterior margin of S 4 and S 6 rounded, of S 5 straight (Fig. 5 C View Figure 5 ). Apex of paramere elongate, its margin round (Fig. 5 C View Figure 5 ). Inner margin of ventral side of paramere parallel at base (Fig. 5 C View Figure 5 ). Tip of aedeagus swollen, decurved, its apex rounded. Yellow colored areas relatively larger than in female, those face and clypeus completely, mesopleuron, middle part of T 1 between latero-median carina yellow.