Parasapyga boschi, van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2014

van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2014, Revision of the genus Parasapyga Turner (Hymenoptera, Sapygidae), with the description of two new species, ZooKeys 369, pp. 61-77 : 64-67

Parasapyga boschi sp. n. Figs 1-12

Type material.

Holotype, ♀ (RMNH), "S. Vietnam: Dông Nai, Cát Tien N. P., c. 100 m, 19-25.iv.2007, Mal. traps, Dong trail, Mai Phu Quy & Nguyen Thanh Manh, RMNH’07”.

Diagnosis.

Clypeus with wide anchor-shaped black patch medially (Fig. 9); ivory patch at incision of eye extended nearly up to level of posterior ocelli (Fig. 9); pair of ivory spots besides posterior ocellus present (Fig. 10); smooth interspaces between punctures of pronotum and metanotum medio-dorsally about equal to diameter of punctures (Fig. 5); ivory transverse stripe on pronotum narrowly interrupted medio-dorsally and comparatively wide ventrally (Figs 5, 6); first discal cell of fore wing dis tinctly infuscate (Fig. 4); first subdiscal of fore wing laterally darker than medially (Fig. 4); hind tibia reddish-brown (Fig. 7); ovipositor densely serrate dorsally (Fig. 12). Resembles most Parasapyga walshae and Parasapyga moelleri ; it can be easily separated by the larger ivory patch at the incision of the eye (Fig. 9 vs Figs 20, 30) and the reddish-brown hind tibia (Fig. 7 vs Figs 19, 29).

Description.

Holotype, ♀, length of body 18.7 mm (of fore wing 11.8 mm).

Head. Antenna with 12 segments and penultimate segment 1.1 times as wide as apical segment in dorsal view (Fig. 8); frons coarsely reticulate; vertex coarsely punctate and with distinct smooth interspaces (Fig. 10); temple coarsely punctate and with wide smooth interspaces; malar space densely punctulate; head narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 10); clypeus spaced punctate and with complete median crest (Fig. 9).

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 times its height (Fig. 3); mesopleuron largely coarsely reticulate-punctate with narrow smooth interspaces; metapleuron densely punctulate anteriorly and coarsely obliquely rugose posteriorly, with a narrow smooth shiny band above it (Fig. 6); pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum coarsely punctate, medially interspaces between punctures about as wide as punctures and sparsely punctulate (Fig. 5); metanotum medially moderately convex and not protruding above level of scutellum (Fig. 3); entire propodeum densely and coarsely reticulate-punctate, medially hardly coarser than laterally (Fig. 5).

Wings. Fore wing: vein 2m-cu moderately postfurcal (Fig. 4).

Legs. Hind basitarsus rather robust (Fig. 7).

Metasoma. Metasoma rather slender in dorsal view (Fig. 2); basal tergites finely punctate and shiny, with smooth interspaces wider than diameter of punctures (Fig. 2); hypopygium 1.3 times as long as fifth sternite ventrally (Fig. 3); ovipositor densely serrate (Fig. 12); ovipositor sheath and ovipositor far exserted (Figs 1, 3).

Colour. Black; ivory: pair of L-shaped lateral patches on clypeus (resulting in a wide black anchor medially), patch at inner orbita of eye extended nearly up to level of posterior ocelli (Fig. 9), shelf of frons anteriorly between antennal sockets, temple largely except narrowly dorsally (Fig. 11), pair of small spots besides posterior ocellus, transverse stripe on pronotum (but narrowly interrupted medially; Fig. 5) and ventrally widened (Fig. 6), small patch on pronotum postero-dorsally, elongate patch on mesopleuron antero-dorsally, elongate patch near tegula, axilla, lateral patch of metanotum and elongate apical patch on fore femur; metasoma orange red; inner side of fore femur and tibia, tarsi and hind tibia largely reddish-brown; fore coxa densely yellowish setose ventrally; veins and pterostigma, dark brown; basal cells, middle of first subdiscal cell and basal half of first submarginal cell of fore wing subhyaline or slightly infuscate; remainder of fore wing dark brown (Fig. 4).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Vietnam.

Etymology.

Named in honour of the scientific illustrator, Erik-Jan Bosch (Leiden) because of his excellent illustrations of Hymenoptera .