Notosemus albimaculatus

Riedel, Matthias, 2017, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 4. Platylabini, Eurylabini, and Oedicephalini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1275-1307 : 1291-1292

Notosemus albimaculatus s.str. SHENG & SUN, 2016, new male (fig. 23, 39)

M a t e r i a l: Taiwan, Meifeng , 2100 m, N 2405´, E 12110´, 13 10-11.IX.2002, leg. K. Schönitzer ( ZSM) ; S Taiwan, Kaohsiung Co., Tengir Endem. Sp. Res. St. , 2307´N 12048´E, 2300-2600 m, 13 8.VII.2000, leg. W. Schönitzer ( ZSM) .

D e s c r i p t i o n:of3:

Body length 5.5-6.3 mm. Flagella with 26-28 segments; 1 st flagellomere length 4.3x width. Indistinct tyloids on flagellomeres 9-11/12, long-oval, on basal 0.6 of flagellomeres. Distance of lateral ocelli to eye 1.5x their diameter. Malar spaces length 0.5x width of mandibular bases. Scutellum wider than long, without lateral carinae. Spiracles of propodeum short-oval. Hind femora length 3.8x height. 1 st tergite length 2.6x width, spiracles strongly bulging laterally. Postpetiolus slightly widened, smooth. 2 nd tergite length 2.2x width, granulate and matte; following tergites granulate and with very fine dense punctures, matte. Otherwise as described for the & (SHENG et al. 2016: 3-6).

Colour: Black. Scapes sometimes with ivory spots ventrally. Palps, mandibles except teeth, clypeus, face, malar spaces, genae and wide orbits ivory; ivory colour of frontal orbits shortly interrupted opposite to lateral ocelli. Mesosoma black; ivory are frontal and upper margins of pronotum, two paramedian stripes on mesoscutum, tegulae and subtegular ridges, ventral half of mesopleura and mesosterna completely, metapleura dorsal to coxal carinae, scutellum and postscutellum. Areae spiraculiferae reddish. Metasoma black; 2 nd and following tergites with narrow ivory apical bands. Legs reddish-brown; all coxae and trochanters ivory; hind coxae and trochanters with brownihs stripes laterally; hind tibiae diffusely blackish basally and apically; hind tarsi black. Wings almost hyaline, pterostigmas ochreous.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from mainland China, new for Taiwan.