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60 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 304 Abdominal petiole 0.3 times as long as wide in lateral view. Relative length of T3–7: 1.6:1.0:1.0:2.0:0.6; T3–4 glabrous; T5 with very finely punctate; T6 entirely finely punctate except anteriorly and with a row of setigerous punctures; T7 entirely punctate with narrow band of pubescence. T8 completely covered by T7 (fig. 44). All legs densely punctate with pubescence except metacoxa dorsally glabrous. Metatibia apically with four small, thin, apically pointed teeth (figs. 42, 43). 1mt/2–5mt 5 0.8. MALE: Unknown. Paramblynotus fuscapiculus is very similar to P. coxatus and differs from the latter in (1) metacoxa not expanded anteroventrolly and (2) scutellar sulcus with submedian longitudinal carinae. P. fuscapiculus differs from all other species of the trisetosus clade except P. coxatus by its antennal flagellum of female being distinctly thicker apically and median flagellomeres not constricted toward ends. TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, South Africa, Cape Province, Alexandria, 1962-II- 22 (Acc. P.E. 857) (PPRI). PARATYPES: 4RR (PPRI), collection data as holotype; 2RR, collection data as holotype (ZMLU-MS). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: 2RR, South Africa, Royal Natal National Park, 1971-I- 30, H. and M. Townes coll.; 2RR, South Africa: Pretoria (Transval), 1971-I-9, H. and M. Townes coll. (AEI); 1R, South Africa, Clarens (28.34S, 28.28E), 1986-I-15–18, J.S. Donaldson coll. (PPRI); 1R, South Africa, Port St. John, Bondoland, 1923-XI, and 1R, Zimbabwe, Salisbury (Chishawasha), 1979- IX, A. Watsham coll. (NHM). DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; Zimbabwe: Salisbury. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, fuscus, dark, and apex, tip. The name describes the species’ yellow antenna with black apex. Paramblynotus rwandensis, new species FEMALE: Length 3.0 mm. Head, pronotum, mesoscutm, and mesoscutellum yellow brown; other part of mesosoma and metasoma dark brown to black. Antennal flagellum black; scape and pedicel yellow. Legs light yellow except metacoxa and femur dark. Wings completely clear. Head, mesosoma except mesopleuron, and legs except metafemoral grooves with rather dense silver hairs. Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum slightly thicker apically; median flagellomeres constricted both proximally and apically. Vertex foveate-reticulate. Eye laterally distinctly extended beyond outer margin of gena. Ocellar plate raised and defined laterally by a carina lined by a row of foveae along interior side; ocellar plate foveate-reticulate. Upper face foveate/punctate laterally; antennal scrobe laterally defined by lateral carina, and mostly densely punctate and longitudinally carinate laterally and posteriorly. Median frontal carina absent. Lower face foveate-reticulate with pubescence. Anterior tentorial pits distinct. Clypeo-pleurostomal sulcus and epistomal sulcus almost form an arch. Clypeus foveate. Gena foveate-reticulate mostly and rugose vertically. Occiput glabrous with sparse pubescence. Anterior flange of pronotum finely longitudinally carinate. Anterior plate of pronotum glabrous anteriorly and densely punctate with pubescence posteriorly. Pronotum dorsomedially not distinctly raised; pronotal crest medially raised into a small triangular, apically rounded process. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, meeting pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface of pronotum foveate-reticulate. Dorsal pronotal area glabrate; only distinctly present to anterior oneeighth of posterior margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum dorsally distinctly arched, foveate, and with foveae set in rows between transverse costae. Scutellar sulcus divided by a median longitudinal carina and two weaker submedian carinae. Dorsal surface of mesoscutellum areolate-reticulate; sloping posteriorly; posterior margin rounded in dorsal view. Mesopleural triangle ventrally well defined by smoothly curved carina and with conspicuous gold-tinted pubescence. Upper mesopleuron, including speculum, glabrous with a few shallow setigerous punctures anteriorly; median impression percurrent, glabrous anteriorly, and with evenly spaced transverse carinae in posterior half. Metepisternum foveate-reticulate and nude above, with a small elevated glabrous area medially, and pubescent ventrally. Propodeum areolate-reticulate; lateral propodeal carina percurrent and strongly curved medially; median
2007 LIU ET AL.: REVISION OF PARAMBLYNOTUS (HYMENOPTERA) 61 propodeal area areolate-reticulate. Rs+M of forewing nebulous proximally, arising from middle of basal vein. Marginal cell 3.0 times as long as wide. Bulla on Sc+R 1 absent. Abdominal petiole 0.8 times as long as wide in lateral view. Relative length of T3–7: 1.8:1.0:1.2:3.0:1.2; T3–5 glabrous; T6 entirely finely punctate except anteriorly and with a row of setigerous punctures; T7 entirely punctate with narrow band of pubescence. T8 completely covered by T7. All legs densely punctate with pubescence except metacoxa glabrous dorsally. Metatibia apically with four small, thin, apically pointed teeth. 1mt/ 2–5mt 5 0.85. MALE: Unknown. Paramblynotus rwandensis is similar to P. cameroonensis, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: antennal scrobes distinctly depressed; mesoscutum transversely costate with foveae set in between; head, pronotum, mesonotum, and mesoscutellum red brown; antenna black except basal two segments yellow; lateral occipital carinae not crestlike; and median propodeal area areolate-reticulate. TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, Rwanda, Nyungwe Forest (2u469100S, 29u219090E, primary rainforest), 1993-IX-22–24, T. Munyampiwa coll. (CNCI). DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda. ETYMOLOGY: The species is named after type locality. Paramblynotus trisetosus Benoit, 1956 FEMALE: Length 2.1 mm. Body entirely dark brown, antenna and legs yellow brown. Wings clear; marginal and submarginal cells of forewing slightly smoky. Antenna 13-segmented. Vertex foveate-reticulate with distinct longitudinal carinate component. Antennal scrobes glabrate. Median frontal carina weakly present in upper part of lower face. Anterior tentorial pits invisible. Marginal cell of forewing 2.2 times as long as wide; Rs+M of forewing nebulous, arising from middle of basal vein. Relative length of T3–7: 1.8:1.0:1.1:3.0:1.0. 1mt/2–5mt 5 0.53. Paramblynotus trisetosus differs from the other species of the trisetosus clade by its ocellar plate laterally not defined by a distinct carina. 1R, Zaire, Bambesa, 1947-I, P.L.G. Benoit coll. (holotype, MRAC). One antenna and wings from one side are mounted on separate slides. DISTRIBUTION: Zaire. MATERIAL EXAMINED: Paramblynotus zairensis, new species FEMALE: Length 2.5 mm. Body entirely dark brown, except legs yellow to yellow brown. Wings clear. Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum thicker apically; median flagellomeres constricted both proximally and apically. Vertex entirely longitudinally carinate. Eye laterally distinctly extended beyond outer margin of gena. Ocellar plate raised and defined laterally by a carina; lateral carina of ocellar plate meeting median frontal carina above antennal sockets and lined by a row of irregular foveae along interior side; ocellar plate glabrate anteriorly except for the foveae along lateral carinae and longtitudinally carinate posteriorly. Upper face, including antennal scrobes, glarous; antennal scrobe laterally defined by lateral carina. Median frontal carina present weakly from between antennal sockets to upper third of lower face. Lower face foveate-reticulate with pubescence. Anterior tentorial pits distinct. Clypeo-pleurostomal sulcus and epistomal sulcus almost form an arch. Clypeus foveate. Gena areolate-rugose. Occiput glabrous. Anterior flange of pronotum glabrous. Anterior plate of pronotum mostly glabrous except densely punctate with pubescence posteriorly. Pronotum dorsomedially not distinctly raised; pronotal crest medially not raised into a process. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, meeting pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface of pronotum foveatereticulate. Dorsal pronotal area transversely costate; almost complete to end of posterior margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum foveatereticulate with indistinct transverse costae posteriorly. Mesoscutum dorsally distinctly arched, areolate-reticulate with indistinct transverse costae. Scutellar sulcus divided by a single median longitudinal carina. Dorsal surface of mesoscutellum areolatereticulate; sloping posteriorly; posterior margin rounded in dorsal view. Mesopleural triangle ventrally well defined by smoothly
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