the cynipoid genus paramblynotus - American Museum of Natural ...

2007 LIU ET AL.: REVISION OF PARAMBLYNOTUS (HYMENOPTERA) 57
glabrous; median impression percurrent with
evenly spaced transverse carinae. Metanotalpropodeal
complex areolate-punctate-rugose
with metepisternum largely areolate-reticulate
and densely pubscent ventrally. Lateral
propodeal carina percurrent, slightly curved
medially; median propodeal area with a percurrent
median longitudinal carina crossed
by a transverse carina. Rs+M of forewing
distinct, arising from middle of basal vein.
Marginal cell 2.3 times as long as wide. Bulla
on Sc+R 1 present.
Abdominal petiole 0.7 times as long as
wide in lateral view. Posterior margin of T7
of metasoma only slightly concave, exposing
T8 as a small triangle. Relative length of T3–
8: 1.7:1.0:1.0:4.0:0.8:0.6; T3–5 glabrous; T6
very finely punctate on posterior half and
glabrous anteriorly; T7–8 densely punctate;
T6–8 also with small cluster of larger
setigerous punctures. All legs densely punctate
with pubescence except metacoxa dorsally
glabrous. Metatibia apically with four
slender, apically pointed teeth. 1mt/2–5mt 5
0.7.
MALE: Unknown.
Paramblynotus maculipennis can be easily
separted from P. nigricornis by its maculate
forewings and 12-segmented antennae, from
P. samiatus by its foveate-rugose upper
mesopleuron, and from P. townesorum by
its small triangular process raised from
pronotal process and scutellar sulcus divided
by only median longtitudinal carina.
TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, Zaire,
Kivu (Goma Borob lac Kiou), 1987-IX-20–
22, Ph. Bruneau de Mire coll. (IRCT).
DISTRIBUTION: Zaire: Kivu.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, macula, mark,
and penna, wing. The name describes the
species’ maculate forewing.
Paramblynotus townesorum, new species
FEMALE: Length 3.0 mm. Head and
mesosoma black; antenna dark brown; legs
and metasoma brown. Wings transparent,
forewing with marginal cell ferruginous.
Antenna 12-segmented. Vertex foveate-reticulate
with indistinct subordinate longitudinal
carinate component. Eye prominent,
laterally extended beyond outer margin of
gena. Ocellar plate raised and defined laterally
by a carina; lateral carina delimiting
ocellar plate extended to lower margin of
antennal sockets and lined by a row of foveae
along interior side; ocellar plate longitudinally
carinate with a few sacttered foveae before
to anterior ocellus and foveate posteriorly.
Upper face shagreened laterally; antennal
scrobe longitudinally carinate posteriorly
and glabrate anteriorly, and defined laterally
by a carina. Median frontal carina present
very briefly below lower margin of antennal
sockets and posteriorly bifurcated to seclude
a small, glabrous triangular area beneath
anterior ocellus. Lower face coarsely foveatepunctate-reticulate
with pubescence. Anterior
tentorial pits distinct. Clypeo-pleurostomal
sulcus and epistomal sulcus form a smoothly
curved arch. Clypeus transversely carinate
and punctate. Gena longitudinally rugose
and densely punctate-foveate. Occiput mostly
obliquely carinate and glabrous only medially.
Anterior flange of pronotum very finely
transversely carinate. Submedian pronotal
depressions large, medially partially fused.
Anterior plate of pronotum coarsely punctate
with pubescence; punctures set in rows.
Pronotum dorsomedially not distinctly
raised; pronotal crest medially raised into
a small, apically rounded triangular process.
Lateral pronotal carina distinct, meeting
pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface
of pronotum foveate-reticulate. Dorsal pronotal
area coarsely foveate, indistinctly transversely
carinate; complete along whole length
of dorsal posterior margin of pronotum,
narrowing posteriorly; delimited from lateral
surface by a distinct carina only in posterior
half. Mesoscutum foveate-reticulate, with
short, indistinct transverse costae. Scutellar
sulcus divided by several longitudinal carinae.
Dorsal surface of mesoscutellum areolate-reticulate
and transversely costate; sloping
posteriorly; posterior margin rounded in
dorsal view. Mesopleural triangle ventrally
well defined by smoothly curved carina.
Upper mesopleuron foveoate anteriorly and
glabrous posteriorly; speculum glabrous;
median impression percurrent with evenly
spaced transverse carinae. Metanotal-propodeal
complex areolate-rugose; metepisternum
areolate-reticulate and nude above and
densely pubescent ventrally; propodeum