Paramblynotus qingliangfengensis Dong & Liu & Wang & Chen 2018, new species
Creators: name: Dong, Ying-Ying
name: Liu, Zhiwei
name: Wang, Yi-Ping
name: Chen, Xue- Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Liopteridae
Paramblynotus
Paramblynotus qingliangfengensis

description: Paramblynotus qingliangfengensis, new species
Figs 9–16
Type Material. HOLOTYPE female: CHINA, Zhejiang, Qingliangfeng, Shunxiwu, 2012. VI.24 (Juan Wang). PARATYPE: 1 male: CHINA, Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling, 2008. V.18 (Li Ma). (The type specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection of Zhejiang A & F University)
Etymology. The species epithet refers to a collection area in Qingliangfeng Mt. of Zhejiang Province, eastern China.
Diagnosis. Paramblynotus qingliangfengensis is very similar to P. punctulatus, P. nipponensis, P. isolatus, and P. ruficeps, but differs in that P. qingliangfengensis has distinct median frontal carina percurrent from anterior ocellus to ventral frons, raised into a prominent, dorsally flattened lamella. This species can be further distinguished from P. ruficeps additionally by having completely black body; and wings with a lightly gray macula covering R-cell entirely or partially.
Description. FEMALE (Holotype). Body length 3.8 mm. Rs+M of fore wing (Fig. 13) arising from anterior third of basal vein; marginal cell 2.5 times as long as wide and 1.1 times as long as submarginal cell. Antenna 13- segmented, flagellum filiform, not widened apically (Fig. 15).
Coloration. Antenna, head and mesosoma deeply dark; metasoma and legs dark brown. Wings mostly clear, fore wing with a small triangular macula covering ¼ of cubital cell behind marginal cell.
Head (Figs. 9–10). Vertex foveate-reticulate with distinct longitudinally carinate component. Eye prominent and distinctly extended laterally beyond outer margin of gena. Ocellar plate distinctly raised and foveate, defined laterally by a carina lined by a row of large foveae along its interior side. Median frontal carina distinct, percurrent from front ocellus to ventral frons, raised into a prominent, dorsally flattened lamella. Upper face foveate and punctures; antennal scrobe sparsely punctate, longitudinally carinate posteriorly, deeply depressed, well defined by carina laterally. Gena foveate-rugose anteriorly, horizontally costate posteriorly. Ventral frons foveate, punctatereticulate. Anterior tentorial pits distinct. Clypeus punctate- reticulate. Lateral occipital carina not reaching vertex. Occiput with long setae laterally.
Mesosoma (Figs. 11–12). Anterior flange of pronotum glabrate with superficial punctures; submedian pronotal depressions separated medially. Anterior plate of pronotum mostly glabrous, finely punctate with pubescence. Pronotum dorsomedially raised, but distinctly lower than mesoscutum; pronotal crest not raised medially. Lateral pronotal carina distinct, reaching pronotal crest dorsomedially. Lateral surface of pronotum mostly foveatereticulate, transversely carinate ventrolaterally. Dorsal pronotal area glabrate, present only along anterior third of posterior margin of pronotum. Mesoscutum distinctly arched dorsally and costate with distinct foveae set in rows. Scutellar sulcus divided by a median longitudinal carina into two large foveae, each being further divided by one weaker carina. Mesoscutellum foveate-reticulate; posterior margin round in dorsal view. Axillar area without distinct white pubescence. Mesopleural triangle well defined ventrally by smoothly curved carina, with white pubescence. Median mesopleural impression percurrent; upper mesopleuron glabrous with sparse setigerous punctures anteriorly; lower mesopleuron glabrous, conspicuously depressed along ventral margin, densely pubescent ventrally. Metepisternum longitudinally costate; devoid of pubescence in dorsal part and pubescent ventrally. Propodeum areolate-reticulate; lateral propodeal carina percurrent, curved medially; median propodeal area glabrate; median longitudinal carina present only anterior to submedian transverse carina.
Petiole 1.29 times as long as wide in lateral view. Tergum 8 exposed; relative length of T3 through T8: 1.7:1.0:1.4:1.5:1.0:0.2; T3 to T5 glabrous; T6 and T7 densely punctate, with a row of sparse pubescence. Apical teeth of metatibia long, slender, pointed apically. Length of 1 st metatarsomere 0.60 times combined length of 2– 5mt.
MALE. Length 4.4 mm. Antenna 14-segmented; otherwise the male is very similar to the female.
Distribution. China: Hainan, Zhejiang (Oriental region).
description: Published as part of Dong, Ying-Ying, Liu, Zhiwei, Wang, Yi-Ping & Chen, Xue- Xin, 2018, A taxonomic review of Paramblynotus Cameron, 1908 in China, with descriptions of five new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Liopteridae), pp. 510-534 in Zootaxa 4486 (4) on pages 514-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1442308