Heresiarches himalayanus (GUPTA 1955)

Riedel, M., 2013, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Southeastern Asia: 2. Tribe Heresiarchini, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2025-2076 : 2051-2052

Heresiarches himalayanus (GUPTA 1955) , new

syn. Heresiarches birmanicus HEINRICH 1970

M a t e r i a l: NW Vietnam: Tonkin, Hoang Lien N.R. 10 km SW Sa Pa, c. 1550 m, 1 22- 29.X.1999, Malaise traps, van Achterberg, RMNH`99 (Leiden).

D e s c r i p t i o n of: Body length 12 mm. Flagellum with 37 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 3.3x as long as wide. Long-oval tyloids on flagellomeres 10-18. Femur III 4.5x as long as high. Coxal carina largely obsolete. Second tergite 1.4x as long as wide. Structure otherwise as in.

Coloration: as described for the except yellow spot on scapus beneath, yellow propleurum. Flagellum black. Coxa III black, with anterodorsal yellow spot, Femora I-II yellowish-red, brownish caudally. Femur III reddish-brown, diffusely infuscate apically and ventrally. Tarsus III reddish. Tergite 1 black, postpetiolus with small yellow posterodorsal spots, all following tergites reddish.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from Myanmar, new for Vietnam.