Acropimpla hapaliae (Rao, 1953)

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Philopsyche hapaliae Rao, 1953 . Indian Forest Rec. Ent., 8: 168. Holotype: Ƥ, India: Mallipatna in Coorg, Mysore (DEHRA DUN).

Acropimpla hapaliae: Townes, Townes & Gupta (1961) .

Diagnosis. Face yellow, extending on inner orbit beyond antennal sockets; propodeum with short stubs of median longitudinal carinae; clypeus black; scutellum and metascutellum yellow; metasomal tergites with yellowish or whitish apical bands; ovipositor 3.0x as long as hind tibia (Gupta & Tikar 1976).

Distribution. Previously recorded from China, India, and Myanmar (Yu et al. 2005); this is the first record of A. hapaliae for Vietnam (Fig. 7).

Material examined. Son La, To Hieu: 1Ƥ (IEBR), 20.IV.2000, hand net, leg. Truong X. L., Ich. 088; Hoa Binh, Lac Thinh: 1Ƥ (IEBR), 10–20.IV.2002, Malaise trap, leg. Khuat D. L., Ich. 091; Nghe An, Pu Mat NP: 1Ƥ (ZFMK), 200 m a.s.l., 15.IV.2006, hand net, leg. Pham T. N., ZFMK HYM 2011/1; Dong Nai, Cat Tien NP: 1Ƥ (RMNH), 100 m a.s.l., 15–20.V.2007, Malaise trap, leg. C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries; Phu Tho, Xuan Son NP: 1Ƥ (IEBR), 150–200 m a.s.l., 01–05.V.2009, Malaise trap, leg. Khuat D. L., Ich. 894.