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116 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 304<br />

appressed pubescence; lower face and clypeus<br />

coarsely foveate and punctate with dense<br />

appressed pubescence; anterior tentorial pits<br />

small and distinct; clypeo-pleurostomal sulcus<br />

and epistomal sulcus form a superficial,<br />

smoothly curved arch. Lateral occipital<br />

carina not reaching vertex. Occiput longitudinally<br />

carinate medially and glabrous laterally.<br />

Anterior flange <strong>of</strong> pronotum finely coriarious;<br />

submedian pronotal depressions separated<br />

from each o<strong>the</strong>r medially; anterior<br />

pronotal plate glabrous and finely, densely<br />

punctate with appressed pubescence. Pronotum<br />

raised dorsomedially; pronotal crest<br />

gradually raised medially into a peak higher<br />

than mesoscutum. Lateral pronotal carina<br />

distinct, present only along lower half <strong>of</strong><br />

posterior margin <strong>of</strong> anterior pronotal plate.<br />

Lateral surface <strong>of</strong> pronotum foveate-reticulate<br />

and densely punctate with conspicuous<br />

appressed pubescence. Dorsal pronotal area<br />

finely transversely striate, present along<br />

anterior fourth <strong>of</strong> posterior margin <strong>of</strong> pronotum.<br />

Mesoscutum flat dorsally and transversely<br />

costate with superficial foveae set in<br />

rows and evenly distributed appressed pubescence.<br />

Scutellar sulcus divided only by<br />

a single median longitudinal carina. Axillar<br />

area with conspicuous pubescence. Mesoscutellum<br />

foveate-reticulate; mesoscutellum<br />

broadly trapezoid posteriorly in dorsal view,<br />

with posterior margin distinctly emarginate;<br />

lateral dorsal process distinct. Mesopleural<br />

triangle conspicuously pubescent and well<br />

defined ventrally by a smoothly curved<br />

carina. Median mesopleural impression percurrent<br />

and glabrous. Upper mesopleuron<br />

glabrous and with short pubescence anteriorly;<br />

lower mesopleuron glabrous and densely<br />

pubescent in ventral impression. Metepisternum<br />

areolate-reticulate in upper part and<br />

conspicuously pubescent ventrally. Lateral<br />

propodeal carina percurrent, strongly curved<br />

laterally, and distinctly raised dorsally to<br />

form in <strong>the</strong> middle a strong, broadly rounded<br />

process with sparse dorsal pubescence; median<br />

propodeal area glabrate, with median<br />

longitudinal carina anterior to median transverse<br />

carina and two submedian carinae<br />

posteriorly. Rs+M <strong>of</strong> forewing nebulous,<br />

arising from middle <strong>of</strong> basal vein. Marginal<br />

cell 3.5 times as long as wide and 1.6 times as<br />

long as submarginal cell. Bulla on Sc+R 1<br />

absent.<br />

Petiole 0.60 times as long as wide in lateral<br />

view. Tergum 8 completely covered by T7;<br />

relative size <strong>of</strong> abdominal T3–7:<br />

1.6:1.0:1.0:2.1:0.9; T3 glabrous; T4 glabrous<br />

with a narrow band <strong>of</strong> fine punctures across<br />

anterior second fifth; T5 glabrous and finely<br />

punctate; T6 finely and densely punctate<br />

dorsolaterally, with an extensive patch <strong>of</strong><br />

dense pubescence covering posterior twothirds<br />

<strong>of</strong> upper half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tergite; and T7<br />

densely punctate, with a broad band <strong>of</strong><br />

conspicuous pubescence dorsolaterally in<br />

<strong>the</strong> middle and posteriorly glabrous. Apical<br />

teeth <strong>of</strong> metatibia slender and pointed<br />

apically. Metatibia with two to three dorsal<br />

dents. Apical protuberance <strong>of</strong> first metatarsomeres<br />

reaching slightly beyond middle <strong>of</strong><br />

second metatarsomere. 1mt (excluding apical<br />

protuberance)/2–5mt 5 0.66.<br />

MALE: Unknown.<br />

Paramblynotus nebulosus differs from all<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r species <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>genus</strong> except P. miniatus<br />

in having its metatibia dorsally with dents. It<br />

differs from <strong>the</strong> latter in (1) forewing with<br />

a broad dark gray band along outer margin;<br />

(2) upper metepisternum without a large,<br />

glabrous elevated median area; (3) head,<br />

pronotum, and metasomal T6–7 covered<br />

with conspicuous pubescence; and (4) distinctly<br />

larger.<br />

TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, Malaysia:<br />

NW Sabah, near Long Pa Sia (west),<br />

ca. 1,200 m, 1987-IV-2–14, C.v. Arhterberg<br />

coll. (NNMN). PARATYPES: 8RR. 1R, data<br />

as holotype (NNMN); 1R, Indonesia:<br />

Sulawesi, near Sangona, Base Camp, Gn.<br />

Watuwila, ca. 200 m, 1989-X-10–15, C. v.<br />

Achterberg coll. (NNMN); 1R, Indonesia:<br />

Sulawesi, near Mamasa, Penannang,<br />

1,700 m, 1991-IV-10–22, C. v. Achterberg<br />

coll. (NNMN); 3RR, Malaysia, Negri<br />

S., Pasoh Research Station, coll. By P.<br />

and M. Becker in 1978-VII-14, 1978-XII-5,<br />

and 1979-II-20, respectively (AEI); 1R, Malaysia:<br />

Sabah, Sipitang, Mendolong, T3/W5,<br />

1989-III-8, S. Adebratt coll. (ZML); 1R,<br />

Indonesia: Sulawesi, Dumoga-BoneTaraut<br />

‘‘Edwards’’, 680 m, 1985-IV-26, J. Martin<br />

coll. (NHM).<br />

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia, Borneo; Indonesia,<br />

Sulawesi.

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