Phycitiplex unicinctus Porter, 2008

Porter, Charles C., 2008, New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Subandean Desert in northwest Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2008 (56), pp. 1-13 : 7-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5170147
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6485417
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB87D2-FF9A-B075-FF68-4003FAAAFD94
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Phycitiplex unicinctus Porter
status	sp. nov.

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Phycitiplex unicinctus Porter , new species

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Description. Female Holotype. Color: scape light reddish brown, flagellum black with a white band above on segments 5 (at apex) to 9; head and mesosoma with faint reddish staining on mandibles and around clypeus and with white markings as in P. tricinctus except no white on center of face, tegula not wholly white (brownish behind), no white blotch on mesopleural disc, scutellum white only on basal 0.6 with black toward apex, and dorsal metapleuron entirely black; gaster as in P. tricinctus but with a broad white apical band only on tergite 4 and with a little white in and briefly above lower hind corners of tergites 5 and 6; legs red but without white markings, blackish toward base anteriorly on fore and mid coxa, tibiae and tarsi dull red with weak dusky staining.

Length of forewing: 4.6 mm. Flagellum: first segment 5.2 times as long as deep at apex. First gastric tergite: postpetiole moderately expanded, 1.5 times as wide at apex as long from spiracle to apex, distinctly micro-reticulate and with many small and faint shallow punctures which are mostly sparser than subadjacent and emit short, slightly overlapping setae. Ovipositor straight, slender, strongly compressed, sheathed portion 0.50 times as long as forewing, nodus low and marked by a tiny notch, straight in profile between notch and apex, tip 0.26 times as high at notch as long from notch to apex.

Type material. Holotype female, ARGENTINA, La Rioja Province, Sierra de Velasco, Santa Vera Cruz , 1700 m, 1-15-XI-2003, P. Fidalgo, Malaise trap [ IMLA].

Relationships. This species is distinctive in its sparse white markings (e.g., gaster with a white apical band on fourth tergite only), faintly punctate second gastric tergite, and long, straight ovipositor.