) with postmarginal vein absent submarginal vein with 1 seta on dorsal surface speculum small, closed below, hardly extending below marginal vein. ) short and stout, with coxae, femora, and tibiae reticulate tarsomere 1 of mid and hind legs almost as long as tarsomere 2. ) 1.2-1.6 × as long as broad and easily collapsed, especially Gt2-4 easily shrink or expand after death, and thus the relative length of mesosoma and metasoma is variable gastral tergites each with weak raised reticulation Gt7 with 4 cercal setae, the longest seta slightly longer than the other three setae that are subequal in length. Lateral panel of pronotum, prepectus, mesepimeron and mesepisternum reticulate, except a small area between mesepimeron and mesepisternum that is smooth acropleuron smooth metapleuron reticulate (Fig. ) spiracles with entire rim exposed callus reticulate, with 4 setae. Propodeum incised medially along anterior and posterior margins, thus shortest medially, medially slightly longer than dorsellum propodeum with median carina, broadening caudad and then extending laterally propodeum with paraspiracular carinae, median area, delimited by paraspiracular carinae and median carina, with slightly raised reticulation and with irregular oblique carinae posteriorly (Fig. Dorsellum about 2.6 × as broad as long, with coarser engraved reticulation than scutellum slightly incised in middle of posterior margin lateral panel of metanotum smooth, with a carina medially (Fig. Scutellum convex in profile, slightly broader than long (1.3: 1.2), with engraved, longitudinal reticulation scutellum with distinct submedian lines that are slightly nearer to sublateral lines than to each other, enclosed space between submedian lines 2.1-2.2 × as long as broad with two pairs of setae on scutellum, subequal in length, anterior pair situated slightly before middle and posterior pair situated near posterior margin scutellum with depressed frenum, delimited by groove and scattered, irregular carinae (Fig. Axillae strongly shifted forward, with engraved reticulation in anterior 2/3 and with strongly raised striations, like carinae, in posterior 1/3 (Fig. Mesoscutum with engraved and longitudinal reticulation, notaular grooves deep and curved MLM with 3 adnotaular setae, without median line or with a trace of median line only posteriorly, with posterior margin straight (Fig. Pronotum strongly sloping and almost invisible in dorsal view pronotum distinctly reticulate, neck and collar not delimited, without posterior carina (Fig. Anterior margin of clypeus weakly bilobed (Fig. Malar space 0.8-0.9 × as long as mouth opening, and malar sulcus more or less straight. Eyes with short and sparse white hairs, diameter larger than malar space. Toruli inserted slightly above lower margin of eyes. Face with longitudinal reticulation, scrobes with indistinct reticulation. Frons with a short and narrow V-shaped frontofacial suture connecting to ocellar area upper face with a thin and raised carina between depressed scrobes head easily collapsed along frontofacial sutures and outer margins of scrobes (Fig. Head in anterior view 1.23 × as broad as high (2.7: 2.2), with vertex convex (Fig. ), almost in a line if head is collapsed. Ocelli arranged in an obtuse triangle (Fig. Head slightly broader than mesoscutum, and very easily collapsing when dried. Each flagellomere with longitudinal sensilla and apically with a circle of scattered, mushroom-shaped capitate peg sensilla each flagellomere except clavomere 3 truncate apically. ) with 3 funiculars and 3 clavomeres scape nearly reaching median ocellus, scape with raised and longitudinal reticulation pedicel slightly shorter than F1, with raised striations F1-F2 subequal in length and each about 1.4 × as long as broad, F3 longer and more slender than F1 and F2, about 1.6 × as long as broad clava 0.7-0.8 × as long as funicle, clavomeres decreasing in length, clavomere 3 with a short and indistinct terminal spine. Legs with coxae brown, tips of femora broadly brown and tibiae pale yellow fore tarsus fuscous, turning to brown towards tarsomere 4 mid and hind tarsi with tarsomeres 1+2 pale yellow and tarsomeres 3+4 brown (Fig. Antenna brown with apical scape and pedicel more or less light brown ventrally. Body black with more or less dark green tinge (Fig.
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