Protichneumon moiwanus (MATSUMURANA, 1912)

Riedel, Matthias, 2017, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 3. Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 895-917 : 911-912

Protichneumon moiwanus (MATSUMURANA, 1912)

M a t e r i a l: Laos, Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, Phon-Pan-Mt., 20°13´30´´N 103°59´26´´E, 1350- 1900 m, 13 17.IV.2012, 13 18.IV:2012, leg. C. Holzschuh & natives.

R e m a r k: Large specimens, body length 27-28 mm. Color black; postpetiolus apically and 2 nd and 3 rd tergites reddish-yellow, the latter black apically. Yellow are stripes on flagellomeres 9-20, palps, mandibles except teeth, clypeus, face, frontal orbits confluent with triangular spots on vertex, outer orbits ventrally, scapes ventrally, collare, ventral spots on propleura, upper margins of pronotum, subtegular ridges, scutellum, large spots on mesopleura. Fore and middle coxae and all trochanters yellow, hind coxae with yellow spots ventrally and dorsally. Legs otherwise completely reddish-yellow. Wings slightly infuscate, pterostigmas black.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from China and Japan, new for Laos.