Xanthopimpla clivulus Townes &amp; Chiu 1970
Creators: name: Pham, Nhi Thi
name: Broad, Gavin R.
name: Matsumoto, Rikio
name: Wägele, Wolfgang J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xanthopimpla
Xanthopimpla clivulus

description: <i>Xanthopimpla clivulus</i> Townes &amp; Chiu, 1970 <i>Xanthopimpla clivulus</i> Townes &amp; Chiu, 1970. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst., 14: 160. <i>Xanthopimpla clivulus clivulus</i> Townes &amp; Chiu, 1970. Holotype: &amp;female;, Indonesia: Java (AEIC). <i>Xanthopimpla clivulus indica</i> Townes &amp; Chiu, 1970. Holotype: &amp;female;, India (GPTA). Secondary homonym. <b>New synonym.</b> <i>Xanthopimpla clivulus indicata</i> Gupta, 1987 replacement name. <b>New synonym.</b> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Mesoscutum with vertical crest anteriorly; scutellum conical with sharp point; outer margin of subtegular ridge moderately sharp; ovipositor decurved; ovipositor sheath 0.3x hind tibia. <b>Distribution</b>. Pham &amp; Khuat (2008) have previously recorded this species from Vietnam. Outside Vietnam, <i>X. clivulus</i> has been recorded from India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Yu <i>et al</i>. 2005). <b>Remarks</b>. Two subspecies have been recognised: <i>X. clivulus clivulus</i> from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Java) differs from <i>X. clivulus indicata</i> Gupta from India by the presence of black spots on the second tergite and a median black mark on the posterior face of the hind tibia. The specimens collected in Vietnam from Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Dak Lak provinces agree well with <i>X. clivulus clivulus</i>; the specimens collected from Vinh Phuc and Bac Can provinces have the second tergite entirely yellow but with a postmedian black mark on the hind tibia, suggesting that these ‘subspecies’ intergrade along a geographical cline in the extent of black markings. We hereby synonymise these names. <b>Material examined</b>. Vinh Phuc, Phuc Yen, Ngoc Thanh: 1&amp;female; (IEBR), 150 m a.s.l, 11.x.2005, N. T. Pham leg.; Bac Can, Ba Be NP: 1&amp;female; (OMNH), 200 m a.s.l, 22°23’N 105°37’E, 01.v.2006, R. Matsumoto leg.; Thai Nguyen, Dai Tu, Cat Ne: 1&amp;female; (IEBR), 15.xii.2006, L. D. Khuat leg.; Dak Lak, Easo NP: 1&amp;male; (IEBR), 310 m a.s.l, 12°55.93’N 108°37.964’E, 27.vii.2008, H. T. Ngo leg.; Phu Tho, Xuan Son NP: 1&amp;male; (IEBR), 06–10.vi.2009, L. D. Khuat leg.
description: Published as part of <i>Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio &amp; Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2011, 3056, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 3056</i> on pages 14-15
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