Coelichneumon (Coelichneumon) flavoguttatus, Riedel, 2013

Riedel, M., 2013, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 2. Tribe Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2025-2076 : 2033-2034

Coelichneumon (Coelichneumon) flavoguttatus nov. ssp. himalayensis

Holotypus (): " Nepal: Distr. Humla 18 km NW Simikot Brücke an Chumsa Khola 2950 m, 30 02´25´´N 81 39´06´´E, 20-22.VI.2001, leg. F. Creutzburg, yellow trap" (SDEI).

D e s c r i p t i o n of: Flagellum lanceolate, with 42 flagellomeres, the first one (without anellus) 2.2x as long as wide, the 13th segment square, the widest about 2x as wide as long. Temple strongly narrowed behind eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to eye about 1.0x as long as its diameter. Frons, face, clypeus and gena with rather dense puncture, epistoma and frons also with fine granulation. Malar space about 0.5x as long as the width of mandibular base.

Mesosoma with short pale hairs. Notauli indistinct. Mesoscutum with rather scattered puncture and fine granulation, mesopleurum and metapleurum with coarse puncture, coxal carina strong. Scutellum almost flat, about as long as wide, without lateral carina, with scattered puncture. Propodeum rounded, area superomedia hexagonal, slightly wider than long, finely rugulose and somewhat elevated, costula the middle. Coxa III and femur III densely punctured, coxa III without scopa, Femur III slender, about 5x as long as high.

Areolet almost quadrangular, frontal distance of intercubiti about 1x their diameter.

Metasoma oxypygous. Lateral field of postpetiole punctate, about 0.8 as wide as middle field, the latter with about five longitudineal striae. Thyridium very large, oblique, about 2x as wide as the thyridial interval. Second and third tergites with coarse and dense puncture, tergite 2 and base of the third with strong longitudinal striation medially, fourth tergite finely punctured, shining, the fifth more or less smooth.

Colour: black. Yellow are stripes or rings on flagellomeres 1-17, palps, spot on mandibular base, clypeus except a small median spot, face except triangular central spot, wide orbit except narrow interuption on malar space, scape beneath, anterior and upper margin of pronotum, propleurum, spot on tegula, subtegular ridge, smaller anterior and large central spot on mesopleurum (which are confluent partly), hind upper edge of mesopleurum, carinal triangle and central spot of metapleurum, area spiraculifera in front of spiracle, area posteroexterna and area superomedia, hind margin of postpetiole, large dor- solateral spots on tergites 2-5, and very small on sides ot tergite 6, front and middle coxae completely, anterodorsal and posteroventral spots on hind coxa, all trochanters and trochantelli, subbasal rings of all tibiae, frontal side of front and middle legs, all tarsomeres except the darkened apical tarsomeres. Wings slightly yellowish infuscate, pterostigma brownish-black.

R e m a r k: This new subspecies differs from C. flavoguttatus s.str. (UCHIDA) by the ivory stripe of basal flagellomeres, black longitudinal stripe of scutellum, and black central spot on clypeus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Nepal.