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

2007 LIU ET AL.: REVISION OF PARAMBLYNOTUS (HYMENOPTERA) 79
including antennal scrobe, glabrate-foveate;
antennal scrobe defined by carina laterally.
Lower face, clypeus, and gena densely
punctate and foveate with heavy pubescence.
Anterior tentorial pits small. Clypeo-pleurostomal
sulcus and epistomal sulcus indistinct.
Lateral occipital carina reaching vertex.
Occiput glabrous medially and very finely
transversely striate laterally.
Anterior flange of pronotum finely, transversely
striate. Submedian pronotal depressions
fused with each other medially and
punctate. Anterior plate of pronotum densely
punctate and pubescent. Pronotum dorsomedially
distinctly raised, but lower than
mesoscutum; pronotal crest not raised medially.
Lateral pronotal carina distinct and
extended to reach pronotal crest dorsomedially.
Lateral surface of pronotum foveatereticulate
and punctate. Dorsal pronotal area
glabrous, reaching to one-third of posterior
margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum slightly
arched dorsally, transversely costate with
foveae set in rows, and glabrate medially
and lateroposteriorly with the appearance of
polished metal surface. Scutellar sulcus divided
by median longitudinal carina and four
submedian equally strong carinae; mesoscutellum
glabrous-foveate, with posterior margin
rounded in dorsal view. Mesopleural
triangle well defined ventrally by a smoothly
curved carina. Median mesopleural impression
percurrent, without transverse costae;
upper mesopleuron glabrous, with setigerous
punctures in anterior half; lower mesopleuron
glabrous, and bordered by a distinct,
straight carina ventrally. Metepisternum longitudinally
costate and devoid of pubescence
in upper part, conspicuously pubescent ventrally.
Propodeum areolate-reticulate; lateral
propodeal carina percurrent and almost
straight; median propodeal area glabrate;
median longitudinal carina percurrent,
crossed by two transverse carinae. Rs+M of
forewing arising from middle of basal vein.
Marginal cell 3.4 times as long as wide, and
1.5 times as long as submarginal cell. Bulla
on Sc+R 1 absent.
Abdominal petiole 0.33 times as long as
wide in lateral view. Relative length of T3–8:
2.0:1.0:1.3:5.3:0.9:1.8; T3–4 glabrous; T5
glabrous anteriorly and densely finely punctate
posterirly; T6 glabrous anteriorly and
densely punctate posterirly; T7 coarsely
punctate anteriorly and finely punctate posteriorly,
with a patch of sparse pubescence
lateroventrally; and T8 coarsely punctatefoveate
with pubescence. Legs sparsely pubescent
except metatibia and metatarsomeres
densely so. Apical teeth of metatibia short,
stout, and blunt apically. 1mt/2–5mt 5 0.90.
MALE: Length 4.0 mm, otherwise similar
to female.
The species is unique in all Paramblynotus
species for the deductive nature of its
sculptures, giving it the appearance of
polished metal surface.
TYPE MATERIAL: HOLOTYPE: R, Laos:
Ban Van Heue (20 km E Phou-kow-kuei),
1965-V-1–15, J. A. Rondon coll. (BPBM).
PARATYPES: 2RR, Burma: Yanaungmyin, Res.
pyinmana, 1932-V-13, R. Hia Ogh coll.
(NHM).
BIOLOGICAL NOTES: The paratypes bear
labels reading ‘‘ex Dalbergia fusca’’.
DISTRIBUTION: Laos; Burma.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, coruscus,
flashing, glimmering. The name refers to the
polished sculpture of mesonotum of species.
Paramblynotus carinivertex, new species
FEMALE: Length 3.5 mm. Head and
mesosoma black, metasoma, coxa and femur
of fore- and middle legs, and hindlegs dark
brown; antenna and tibia and tarsomeres of
fore- and middle legs brown. Wings clear.
Lateral surface of pronotum with very dense
golden pubescence; mesopleural triangle and
T6–8 of metasoma posteriorly with conspicuous
patch of golden pubescence.
Antenna 13-segmented; flagellum filiform.
Vertex mainly foveate-reticulate except a median
triangular area finely longitudinally
carinate. Eye prominent, distinctly extended
laterally beyond outer margin of gena.
Ocellar plate distinctly raised, glabrate-foveate,
and defined laterally by carina lined with
a row of foveae on interior side. Median
frontal carina percurrent to clypeus and
distinctly raised into a ridge posterior to
antennal sockets. Upper face foveate laterally;
antennal scrobe glabrous with setigerous
punctures anteriorly, defined by carina laterally.
Lower face coarsely foveate-punctate;
clypeus foveate-punctate posteriorly and