Paramblynotus ruficollis Cameron, 1909

Liu, Zhiwei, Ronquist, Fredrik & Nordlander, Göran, 2007, The Cynipoid Genus Paramblynotus: Revision, Phylogeny, And Historical Biogeography (Hymenoptera: Liopteridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2007 (304), pp. 1-151 : 77

Paramblynotus ruficollis Cameron, 1909

Paramblynotus ruficollis Cameron, 1909: 18 , ♀; Borneo; NHM (4 T ♀, no. 7.9 and in main coll.).

* ruficeps Kieffer, 1914: 186 ,; Luzon; USNM (HT ♀, not numbered). 5 P. ruficollis Cameron ; synonymy by Weld (1930: 137).

FEMALE: Length 6.5–9.0 mm. Head, pronotum, and foreleg orange; antenna and rest of body, and middle and hindlegs black. Wings lightly ferruginous with marginal and submarginal cells of forewings darker.

Vertex foveate; gena glabrous with sparse fine punctures. Ocellar plate well defined by lateral carina. Antennal scrobe glabrous with fine punctures. Median frontal carina absent in lower face. Pronotal crest medially raised into a very distinct, apically rounded triangular process. Lateral surface of pronotum foveate, with sparse punctures. Mesoscutum transversely carinate with foveae in between. Mesoscutellum raised posteriorly. Lateral propodeal carina raised throughout, rightangled anteriorly in lateral view. 1mt/2–5mt 5 0.96.

The species is distinguished from all othe other species of the ruficollis group for its large body size, as well as its red head and pronotum in contrast of the rest of its body, which is shining black. Additional characters to distinguish the species include sculptures on vertex, genae, and lateral sides of pronotum.

MALE: Length 4.0–7.0 mm, otherwise similar to female.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: NHM: 6 (1T); AEI: 1; NNMN: 2; BPBM: 3.

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia: Borneo; Laos; Philippines: Luzon.