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

68 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 304
middle legs sparsely punctate with pubescence;
hindlegs sparsely punctate with pubescence
except metacoxa dorsally glabrous and
metatibia and metatarsomeres densely punctate
with pubescence. Apical teeth of metatibia
long, thin, and pointed apically. 1mt/
2–5mt 5 0.55.
MALE: Unknown.
Paramblynotus antistatus can be divided
from the othe other species of the immaculatus
clade by its distinctly exposed T7 of
female metasoma and its smooth gena, except
P. scalptus. However, P. antistatus differs
from P. scalptus in having vertex and gena
glabrous.
TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, Namibia,
Windhoek, Regenstein (15 mi SSW),
1972-IV-9 (NHM).
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia, Windhoek.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, anti-, against,
and estat, position, standing. This name was
coined because of the glabrous vertex and
gena of this species, being in distinct contrast
to the sculptured vertex and gena of the most
similar species, P. scalptus.
Paramblynotus scalptus, new species
FEMALE: Length 2.8 mm. Head and
mesosoma black. Metasoma black with T3
and T4 brown. Antennae yellow with distal
three segments dark. Forewing clear in
about distal two-fifths, and ferruginous
basally. Fore- and middle legs brown to
dark brown. Hindlegs dark brown to almost
black.
Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum gradually
expanded apically; median flagellomeres
not constricted. Vertex densely punctate
medially and diagonally carinate laterally.
Eye prominent, distinctly extended laterally
beyond outer margin of gena. Distance
between posterior ocelli 3.5 times as wide as
the distance between posterior ocellus and
eye. Ocellar plate not raised and not defined
laterally by a carina; median frontal carina
only weakly present between antennal sockets.
Upper face, including antennal scrobe,
coriarious; antennal scrobes only slightly
depressed with very slight traces of foveate
sculpture, and defined by carina laterally.
Lower face foveate-reticulate. Anterior tentorial
pits distinct. Clypeo-pleurostomal sulcus
and epistomal sulcus almost form an
arch. Clypeus distinctly longitudinally carinate.
Gena foveate-punctate. Lateral occipital
carina indistinct beyond vertex. Occiput
glabrous.
Anterior flange of pronotum glabrous.
Submedian pronotal depressions distinctly
separated medially. Anterior plate of pronotum
glabrate anteriorly and coriarious posteriorly,
laterally also with setigerous punctures.
Pronotum dorsomedially not distinctly
raised; pronotal crest medially not raised into
a process. Lateral pronotal carina distinct,
not reaching pronotal crest dorsomedially.
Lateral surface of pronotum coarsely foveate-reticulate.
Dorsal pronotal area reaching
end of posterior margin of pronotum and
with closely arranged punctures in a single
row. Mesoscutum distinctly arched dorsally
and foveate-reticulate. Scutellar sulcus divided
by a single median longitudinal carina;
mesoscutellum foveate-reticulate; posterior
margin narrowly rounded in dorsal view.
Mesopleural triangle ventrally well defined
by smoothly curved carina and with conspicuous
white pubescence. Upper mesopleuron
glabrous; speculum longitudinally carinate;
and median impression percurrent with
multiple unevenly distributed transverse carinae.
Lower mesopleuron glabrous, conspicuously
pubescent ventrally. Metepisternum
impressed and nude above, with an elevated,
glabrous-punctate area posteromedially, and
somewhat depressed and pubescent ventrally.
Propodeum mostly areolate-reticulate; lateral
and median propodeal carinae present only
anteriorly and about same strength as additional
longitudinal carinae posteriorly. Nucha
glabrous. Rs+M of forewing nebulous,
arising from posterior end of basal vein.
Marginal cell 2.0 times as long as wide and
slightly longer than submarginal cell. Bulla
on Sc+R 1 absent.
Abdominal petiole 0.5 times as long
as wide in lateral view. Relative length of
T3–8: 1.4:1.0:2.0:0.8:0.15:0.3; T3–5 glabrous;
T6–7 finely punctate; T7 of metasoma
slightly exposed; T8 with a few large setigerous
punctures. All legs densely punctate
with pubescence except metacoxa dorsally
glabrous. Apical teeth of metatibia long,
thin, and pointed apically. 1mt/2–5mt 5
0.55.