Paramblynotus glaberus, Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007

Liu, Zhiwei, Ronquist, Fredrik & Nordlander, Göran, 2007, The Cynipoid Genus Paramblynotus: Revision, Phylogeny, And Historical Biogeography (Hymenoptera: Liopteridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2007 (304), pp. 1-151 : 105-106

Paramblynotus glaberus , new species

FEMALE: Length 3.5 mm. Body entirely yellow brown. Submedial pale ring of antenna consisting of F6–8, F9–11 dark brown, and all other segments brown. Forewing with a deep ferruginous macula covering marginal cell and the part of third cubital cell behind marginal cell. Body parts, except as specified below, with medially dense silvery pubescence.

Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum filiform. Vertex foveate-reticulate. Eye prominent and distinctly extended laterally beyond outer margin of gena. Ocellar plate slightly raised, defined by distinct carinae laterally, foveate posterior to anterior ocellus, and glabrate anteriorly. Median frontal carina complete to clypeus and raised between antennal sockets to form a distinct lamilate process. Upper face glabrate-foveate; antennal scrobe distinctly depressed, glabrous, and defined by a distinct carina laterally. Gena areolaterugulose with a median vertical carina. Lower face and clypeus foveate-rugose. Anterior tentorial pits indistinct. Lateral occipital carina reaching posterior part of vertex. Occiput glabrous, anteriorly separat- ed by a transverse carina from vertex.

Anterior flange of pronotum transversely striate; submedian pronotal pits separated from each other medially. Anterior plate of pronotum glabrous. Pronotum dorsomedially not raised, distinctly lower than mesoscutum; pronotal crest not raised into a median process. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, reaching pronotal crest dorsomedially; lateral surface of pronotum distinctly separated in the middle. Lateral surface of pronotum foveate-reticulate. Dorsal pronotal area punctate with pubescence, complete to end of posterior margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum strongly arched dorsally and foveate-reticulate. Scutellar sulcus divided by a median longitudinal carina. Mesoscutellum foveate-reticulate; laterodorsal process of mesoscutellum distinctly projected laterad; posterior margin rounded in dorsal view. Pubescence in axillar area distinct but not conspicuous. Mesopleural triangle densely pubescent, well defined ventrally by a smoothly curved carina. Median mesopleural impression percurrent, with two more or less distinct transverse costae; mesopleuron glabrous; lower mesopleuron strongly depressed along ventral margin, and densely pubescent ventrally. Metepisternum areolate-reticulate in upper part and distinctly pubescent ventrally. Lateral propodeal carina percurrent, distinctly raised dorsomedially into lobular process and slightly curved laterad medially; median propodeal area glabrous; median longitudinal carina weakly percurrent; and median transverse carina distinct. Rs+M of forewing arising from middle of basal vein. Marginal cell 2.6 times as long as wide and slightly longer than submarginal cell. Bulla on Sc+R 1 absent.

Petiole as long as wide in lateral view. Tergum 8 completely hidden beneath T7; relative length of T3–7: 1.9:1.0:1.1:2.8:2.1; T3–5 glabrous; T6 finely punctate with a few scattered pubescence; T7 finely punctate, with a narrow band of sparse pubescence anteriorly. Tibia and tarsi conspicuously pubescent. Apical teeth of metatibia long, slender, and pointed apically. 1mt/2–5mt 5 0.60.

MALE: Unknown.

Paramblynotus glaberus is similar to P. shimenensis in that both species have (1) median frontal carina raised into a distinct lamilate process between antennal sockets and complete to clypeus, (2) gena areolate/ foveate-reticulate with a median vertical carina, and (3) T6 longer than T3. The species is further separated from P. shimenensis by its (1) mainly glabrous upper face, (2) presence of a dorsal occipital carina,

(3) distinctly projected dorsolateral process of mesoscutellum, and (4) T7 only slightly shorter than T6.

TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: ♀, Malaysia: Negri S., Posah Forest Reserve , 1978- VIII-22, P. and M. Becker coll. ( AEI).

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia: Borneo.

ETYMOLOGY: This species is derived from glaber (Latin), meaning smooth without hair, referring to its glabrous upper face.