Heresiarches minor, Riedel, 2013

Riedel, M., 2013, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 2. Tribe Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2025-2076 : 2053-2054

Heresiarches minor nov.sp. ( fig. 3 , 31 )

Holotypus (): " Taiwan, Kaohsiung Co., Jungyang Mts., Tengir Endemic Spec. Res. In. ca 23 07´N / 120 47´E, 1700 m, 14.-19.XI.2002, leg. W. Schacht et al." (ZSM).

D e s c r i p t i o n of: Very small, body length 6.0 mm. Flagellum with 27 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 3.0x as long as wide. Long-oval tyloids on flagellomeres 8- 15. Temple short, strongly narrowed behind eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to compound eye about 1.2x its diameter. Frons smooth, above with superficial puncture. Face and clypeus very wide, with scattered puncture, intervals smooth. Malar space about 0.5x as long as width of mandibular base. Genal carina meets the hypostomal one close to mandibular base. Hypostomal carina not elevated.

Mesosoma with short whitish hairs. Mesoscutum with coarse puncture and fine granulation, but more or less shining. Mesopleurum punctured, speculum smooth. Metapleurum with dense puncture. Coxal carina distinct. Scutellum moderately convex, wider than long, with strong lateral carina in the basal 0.6 and scattered puncture. Area basalis and superomedia confluent and smooth. Area petiolaris with lateral carina, punctured. Femur III about 3.9x as long as high.

Areolet almost quadrangular, frontal distance of intercubiti 1x its diameter, nervulus slightly postfurcal.

Postpetiole moderately widened. Median field with fine striation basally, but smooth apically. Gastrocoelus large, triangular. Thyridium transverse, 0.3x as wide as the thyridial interval. Second tergite as long as wide. Tergites 2-3 with coarse puncture, with coarse median striation in the basal 2/3. Tergite 3 with superficial puncture, tergite 4 almost smooth.

Coloration: Black. Cream-yellow are mandible, palps, clypeus except a small triangular median spot at apex, face, gena, orbits except two narrow interruptions (on malar space and vertex), scapus beneath, anterior and upper margins of pronotum, subtegular ridge, longitudinal stripe on lower mesopleurum, sides of scutellum, postscutellum, carinal triangle, apical half of area dentipara, dorsolateral spots on postpetiolus and tergite 2, apical band on tergite 6 and tergite 7 almost completely, coxae I-II, all trochanters, anterodorsal spot on coxa III. Coxa III otherwise black. Legs otherwise red. Femur III infuscate in the apical half, tibia III infuscate apically, tarsus III blackish. Pterostigma brownish.

unknown. R e m a r k: The available was collected together with Heresiarches formosanus nov. sp. and seems to be closely related to that taxon. However, it differs by its smaller size, wider face and clypeus, mainly black coxa III, and different coloration of the metasoma.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 1-4: Head of (1) Aglaojoppa nepalensis nov.sp.; (2) Heresiarches indicus nov.sp.; (3) Heresiarches minor nov.sp.; (4) Heresiarches rufocoxatus nov.sp..

Fig. 29-32: Metasoma from lateral of (29) Heresiarches flavomaculatus nov.sp.; (30) Heresiarches formosanus nov.sp.; (31) Heresiarches minor nov.sp.; (32) Heresiarches atanyjoppoides nov.sp..