Amazopimpla taunoi Sääksjärvi, Palacio, Gauld, Jussila & Salo, 2003

Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Palacio, Edgard, Gauld, Ian D., Jussila, Reijo & Salo, Jukka, 2003, A new genus and six new species of the tropical Camptotypus genus­group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from northern South America, Zootaxa 197, pp. 1-18 : 15-16

Amazopimpla taunoi Sääksjärvi, Palacio, Gauld, Jussila & Salo , sp.n. ( Fig. 1 )

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Holotype female: Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Iquitos area, Allpahuayo, 24.I­20.II.2000, Pebas forest, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi & Andres Marmol Burgos et al. leg., Malaise trap (H2/1) ( ZMUT). Paratypes: one female and one male Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Iquitos area, Allpahuayo, 24.I­20.II.2000, Pebas forest, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi & Andres Marmol Burgos et al. leg., Malaise trap (H2/1) ( ZMUT); one male Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Iquitos area, Allpahuayo, 16.VII­2.VIII.2000, Varillal forest, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi & Andres Marmol Burgos et al. leg., Malaise trap (G2/10) ( ZMUT); one female and one male Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Iquitos area, Allpahuayo, 18.VIII­14.IX.2000, Bosque terraza, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi & Andres Marmol Burgos et al. leg., Malaise trap (H1/12) ( ZMUT); one female Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Iquitos area, Allpahuayo, 21.XII.00 ­ 23.I.01, Pebas forest, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi & Andres Marmol Burgos et al. leg., Malaise trap (H2/19) ( ZMUT); two females and one male Colombia, Amazonas, Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu, Matamata (1 female 03°23´S, 70°06´W, 50 m, Malaise trap, 26.VI­7.VII.2000 (Parente) ( IAVH), 1 female 03°23´S, 70°06´W, net trapping, 19.X.2001 (Chota) ( IAVH), and 1 male Malaise trap, 3­17.VIII. 2001 (Chota) ( IAVH)).

HOLOTYPE FEMALE: Mandible proximally rather strongly tapered, with upper tooth slightly longer than lower tooth. Malar space about 0.2 times basal mandibular width. Face polished, with very sparse setiferous punctures, about 1.15 times as wide as medially high. Length­to­thickness ratio of first flagellomere about 5.5. Head, in dorsal view, with gena distinctly narrowed but not rounded behind eye; posterior ocellus separated from compound eye by 1.2 times its own maximum diameter; ocelli forming a rather equilateral triangle; occipital carina present ventrally as a vestige, joining hypostomal carina. Pronotum almost bare, in profile rather short and mediodorsally rather long. Mesoscutum with some whitish hairs, centrally almost bare, anteriorly moderately rounded, with notauli smoothly impressed. Mesopleuron highly polished, with some setiferous punctures, with some light hairs; epicnemial carina low, fairly reaching the level of lower corner of pronotum; epicnemium with a secondary carina adjacent to front coxa. Metapleuron very weakly convex, smooth and polished; submetapleural carina entirely absent. Propodeum in profile rather weakly declivous, smooth, polished and almost without punctures; pleural carina complete. Fore wing length about 10.0 mm; vein 3rs­m complete, enclosing an obliquely rhombic areolet. Hind wing with abscissa of Cu1 between M and cu­a a little bowed, about 4.0 times as long as cu­a. Length of hind femur about 4.0 times its breadth. Metasoma quite stout; tergite 1 about 1.0 times as long as posteriorly broad, lateromedian carina absent, lateral carinae present, but interrupted centrally; tergite 1 in profile dorsally evenly convex; tergite 2 about 0.6 times as long as posteriorly broad, with a distinct central area, lateral oblique and posterior transverse grooves polished with distinct coarse punctures; tergites 3­5 with a wide, slightly biconvex smooth central area, the surrounding furrows, in part, punctuate. Ovipositor projecting beyond apex of metasoma by about 1.5 times length of hind tibia; ovipositor shaft slender, almost straight, rather weakly laterally compressed; ovipositor subapically subcylindrical; apex of lower valve dorsolaterally expanded to partially enclose the upper valve, bearing about six weak apical teeth, apex of upper valve with three weak dorsal teeth.

Head black; clypeus brownish orange, mouthparts orange (except for black teeth of mandible); antenna black with dark brown scape and pedicel; mesosoma black except for orange mesoscutum, scutellum, apex of postscutellum, dorsal margin of pronotum, subalar prominence of mesopleuron and tegula; metasoma orange with tergites from 5 to apex blackish (lateral margins and apical margin orange); ovipositor sheath black. Fore and middle legs orange; hind leg brown except for black coxa and yellowish apex of trochanter, whole trochantellus, and base and dorsal margin of femur. Wings yellowish, the fore wing with apex distal 3 rs­m blackish, and with a blackish median band extending from Rs & M to level of middle of pterostigma; hind wing with a blackish subapical dorsal band; pterostigma black with light apex.

THE PARATYPE FEMALES agree well the holotype but the length of the fore wing varies from 8.0 to 10.7 mm, the number of the lower teeth of the ovipositor from 6 to 8 and that of the upper valve 3 to 5. The clypeus and the mesosoma can be ± blackish, and the hind femur ± orange.

THE PARATYPE MALES are similar to the females in structure, but the mesosoma is in every specimen wholly black and the hind femora mostly orange; the fore and middle coxae, trochantera and trochantella are either orange or whitish. The fore wing length varies from 8.0 to 9.0 mm.

DIAGNOSIS: A. taunoi differs most distinctly from all the other known species in the genus, except A. guayanaensis , by lacking the submetapleural carina. It differs from A. guayanaensis most distinctly by having the pleural carinae of the propodeum and by lacking strong lateromedian carinae of the first tergite.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is given in honour of Mr. Tauno Sääksjärvi, father of the first author, for his continuous support and help during my studies.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Amazopimpla taunoi Sääksjärvi, Palacio, Gauld, Jussila & Salo, sp. n. Whole insect and the tip of the ovipositor (Paratype female).