Paramblynotus eriki, 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 : 107-108

Paramblynotus eriki , new species

FEMALE: Length 4.0 mm. Body entirely yellow brown. Submedial pale ring of anten- na consisting of F5–8, F9–11 nearly black, and all other segments dark brown. Forewing with a deep ferruginous macula covering marginal cell and part of third cubital cell behind marginal cell. Body parts, except as specified below, with moderately 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 carina laterally, foveate posterior to anterior ocellus, and glabrate anteriorly with indistinct foveae along sides. Median frontal carina complete to clypeus and raised into a prominent lamilate, triangular (in lateral view) process between antennal sockets. Upper face foveate; antennal scrobe distinctly depressed, defined by distinct carina laterally, and densely punctate with pubescence. Gena shallowly foveatereticulate. Lower face and clypeus foveaterugose. Anterior tentorial pits indistinct. Lateral occipital carina not reaching posteri- or part of vertex. Occiput glabrous, anteriorly not separated by a transverse carina from vertex.

Anterior flange of pronotum transversely striate; submedian pronotal depressions separated medially. Anterior plate of pronotum glabrous. Pronotum dorsomedially not raised, distinctly lower than mesoscutum; pronotal crest slightly raised medially but not into a distinct process. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, reaching pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface of pronotum foveate-reticulate and distinctly separated in the middle. Dorsal pronotal area glabrate, only present along median part 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 and lobular; 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 five distinct transverse costae; mesopleuron glabrous; lower mesopleuron strongly depressed along ventral margin and conspicuously pubescent ventrally. Metepisternum areolate-reticulate in upper part and conspicuously pubescent ventrally. Lateral propodeal carina percurrent, distinctly raised dorsomedially into lobular process (triangular in lateral view) and strongly curved laterad medially; median propodeal area glabrate with sparse pubescence; median longitudinal carina percurrent and median transverse carina distinct. Rs+M of forewing arising from middle of basal vein. Marginal cell 2.0 times as long as wide and slightly shorter than submarginal cell. Bulla on Sc+R 1 absent.

Petiole 1.75 times as long as wide in lateral view. Tergum 8 completely hidden beneath T7; relative length of T3–7: 1.6:1.0:1.1:1.3: 0.8; T3–5 glabrous; T6 finely punctate with 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 0.64.

MALE: Unknown.

Paramblynotus eriki differs from all other species of the annulicornis complex by a combination of (1) median frontal carina raised into a prominent lamilate process between antennal sockets and complete to clypeus, (2) pronotal crest slightly raised medially, (3) petiole 1.75 times as long as wide, and (4) T5–6 not particularly larger compared to the other tergites.

TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: ♀, Malaysia: Negri S., Pasoh Forest Reserve (secondary forest), 1979-I-25, coll. P. and M. Becker ( AEI).

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia: Borneo.

ETYMOLOGY: This species is named after Erik Nordlander, son of G.N.