Paramblynotus beckeri, 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 : 117-118

Paramblynotus beckeri , new species

FEMALE: Length 3.0–4.0 mm. Body entirely black. Antenna, legs, and metasoma ventrally red brown. Wings transparent. Body pubescence white.

Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum filiform, not widened toward apex. Vertex foveatereticulate. Eye prominent, extended laterally beyond outer margin of gena. Ocellar plate distinctly raised, defined laterally by a carina lined with a row of large foveae along interior side, and mostly punctate-reticulate laterally; a small glabrous triangular area present beneath anterior ocellus. Median frontal carina simple, present only above antennal sockets. Upper face foveate laterally; antennal scrobe distinctly depressed, defined by distinct carina laterally, and glabrous and finely punctate with sparse pubescence. Gena densely punctate and sparsely foveate with dense pubescence; lower face and clypeus foveate-reticulate; anterior tentorial pits distinct; clypeo-pleurostomal sulcus and epistomal sulcus form a smoothly curved arch. Lateral occipital carina not reaching vertex. Occiput longitudinally carinate medially and glabrous laterally.

Anterior flange of pronotum glabrous, submedian pronotal depressions separated from each other medially. Anterior plate of pronotum glabrate and densely finely punctate with pubescence. Pronotum dorsomedially raised, slightly higher than mesoscutum; pronotal crest gradually raised medially into a low peak. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, almost reaching pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface of pronotum foveate-reticulate and densely pubescent. Dorsal pronotal area granuate with indistinct punctures and sparse pubescence, present only along anterior one-fifth of posterior margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum flat dorsally and transversely costate with superficial foveae set in rows. Scutellar sulcus divided by a median longitudinal carina. Axillar area with conspicuous pubescence. Mesoscutellum foveate-reticulate; mesoscutellum projected posteriorly and rounded in dorsal view. Axillar area with conspicuous pubescence. Mesopleural triangle conspicuously pubescent and well defined ventrally by a smoothly curved carina. Median mesopleural impression percurrent and glabrous; upper and lower mesopleuron glabrous; lower mesopleuron pubescent in ventral impression. Metepisternum areolate-reticulate in upper part, conspicuously pubescent ventrally, and with a small elevated glabrous strip medially. Lateral propodeal carina percurrent, curved laterally at middle, and strongly raised dorsomedially into a large, lobular process with sparse dorsal pubescence; median propodeal area glabrate; median longitudinal carina percurrent crossed by submedial transverse carina. Rs+M of forewing nebulous, arising from middle of basal vein. Marginal cell 3.4 times as long as wide and 1.4 times as long as submarginal cell. Bulla on Sc+R 1 absent.

Petiole 0.60 times as long as wide in lateral view. Tergum 8 not exposed; relative length of T3–7: 1.6:1.0:1.2:1.9:1.0; T3–4 glabrous; T5 finely densely punctate; T6 densely punctate with a narrow band of sparse pubescence dorsolaterally; T7 entirely punctate, with a band of conspicuous pubescence dorsolaterally. Metatibia with two strong dents dorsally. Apical teeth of metatibia long, slender, and pointed apically. Apical protuberance of first metatarsomeres extending to middle of second metatarsomeres. 1mt (excluding apical process)/2–5mt 5 0.54.

MALE: Unknown.

The species is similar to P. dyak , but it can be distinguished from the latter by (1) eyes more strongly protruding laterally, (2) pronotal crest lower than mesoscutum, (3) mesoscutum slightly bent anteriorly, and (4) antennae and legs red brown.

TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: ♀, Malaysia: Negri S., Posah Forest Reserve (secondary forest), 1979-III-29, P. and M. Becker coll. ( AEI). PARATYPES: 7♀♀, 1978-XI-8 – 1980-IV-30, other data as holotype (except one from forest gap) ( AEI, 6; CRF, 1) .

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia: Borneo.

ETYMOLOGY: This species is named after the collector.