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7768194CBF316A52FE33FD8FFC77FABB.text	7768194CBF316A52FE33FD8FFC77FABB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois 2006	<div><p>Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois, 2006</p> <p>Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois, 2006: 544.</p> <p>Type-species: Polysphincta tenuiabdominalis Uchida, original designation.</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Eyes with scattered, minute hairs; mandible twisted about 60–85 ◦, narrow, upper tooth slightly to distinctly longer than lower; clypeus moderately to strongly convex, separated from face by more or less impressed clypeofacial suture; palpi formula 5: 4; pronotum with upper part of epomia strong and subvertical; mesoscutum moderately long, with impressed notauli, posterolateral flange of mesoscutum strongly broadened; mesopleuron with epicnemial carina well developed, its upper end remote from anterior margin of pleuron; mesopleural sulcus angled opposite mesepisternal scrobe; submetapleural carina complete; propodeum with at least posterior part of lateral longitudinal carina present, posterior transverse carina strong when complete, propodeal spiracle round, not touching pleural carina; tarsal claws of female moderately long, with high basal lobe; fore wing with 3 rs-m entirely absent; hind wing with basal abscissa of M + Cu evenly bowed; distal abscissa of Cu 1 present, spectral; metasoma insertion separated from hind coxal cavities by strong sclerotized bridge; first tergite elongate; second tergite usually with weak anterolateral oblique grooves; ovipositor straight or up-curved at tip, slender, awl-like, without basal ventral swelling.</p> <p>Gauld and Dubois (2006) provided a key to genera of the Polysphincta -group and all Vietnamese species of Brachyzapus will key easily to Brachyzapus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF316A52FE33FD8FFC77FABB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF316A57FE69FAE8FD35FC1C.text	7768194CBF316A57FE69FAE8FD35FC1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus carinatus Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus carinatus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 1)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Sa Pa, 1700 m above sea level (a.s.l.), 30 May 1997, hand net, R. Matsumoto leg. (OMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; malar space 0.65 × basal width of mandible; scutellum with lateral carina present basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges; mesopleuron with epicnemial carina strongly sinuous, mesopleural suture foveolate; propodeum with posterior transverse carina strong, basal and apical stubs of lateromedian longitudinal carina present; first sternite strongly convex, rounded apically.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 7 mm, fore wing 6.3 mm, ovipositor 1.75 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with more than 17 flagellomeres (apical flagellomeres missing), first flagellomere 1.3 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus 0.75 × ocellar– ocular distance; frons impunctate and polished; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; face 1.6 × as high as wide, pubescent, upper margin broadly concave between antennal sockets; clypeus moderately convex, about 0.65 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space about 0.65 × basal width of mandible; mandible weakly twisted and narrow, upper tooth longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 1.2 × length of mandible basal width from base of mandible.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 2 × basal mandible width, extending from collar to dorsal margin of pronotum; pronotum impunctate and polished laterally, sparsely pubescent dorsally and at collar; mesoscutum moderately densely setose, with notauli deep, convergent at posterior 0.3 in shallow hollow; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges, lateral carina present basally; mesopleuron subpolished, moderately dense hairs dorsally, ventrally scattered hairs, mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.6, strongly sinuous; metapleuron convex, bare and polished, pubescent dorsally along pleural carina, submetapleural carina forming small lobe anteriorly, angled about 120 ◦ posteriorly; metasternum with some transverse ridges emerging from posterior angulation of submetapleural carina; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent laterally, dorsally mostly bare, petiolar area polished, lateromedian longitudinal carina with basal and posterior parts present, lateral longitudinal carina present on apical 0.5, posterior transverse carina strong. Legs with mid and hind tibiae slightly swollen sub-basally; fore femur 4.2 ×x as long as wide; hind femur 5 × longer than wide, length 0.83 × tibia, tibia 8.1 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three tarsomeres combined, 0.33 × length of tibia, 0.45 × tarsus, 2.3 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 2 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs&amp;M opposite cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.75 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 m-cu by 1.2 × length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 about 1.15 × as long as vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 1.6 × head and mesosoma combined; tergites with fine punctures, weakly coriaceous; first tergite 2.3 × as long as apical width, dorsolateral carina weakly complete, median longitudinal carina faint before transverse smooth band; second tergite 0.8 × length of first, 1.15 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, rhombic area moderately convex; third tergite shorter than second, basal and apical oblique grooves weakly present; first sternite rounded, strongly convex apically; ovipositor straight, length of ovipositor from tip of hypopygium 0.75 × length of hind tibia, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Black. Antenna yellowish brown, clypeus and mandible brown, palpi and tegula yellow; scutellum and post-scutellum reddish; legs yellowish brown, except hind tibia with sub-basal and apical parts slightly darker; wings yellowish, pterostigma and veins yellowish brown; ovipositor reddish.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, Northern Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological note</p> <p>The single specimen was collected in montane evergreen forest at an elevation of 1700 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>This new species differs from its congeners by the presence of basal and apical stubs of the lateromedian longitudinal carinae on the propodeum. In general appearance, this species resembles B. duboisi sp. nov. except for the presence of extra carinae on the propodeum and the strongly sinuous epicnemial carina ventrally.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>This species is named after the presence of basal and posterior stubs of the lateromedian longitudinal carinae on the propodeum.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF316A57FE69FAE8FD35FC1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF346A58FDA3FC4EFCE5FD86.text	7768194CBF346A58FDA3FC4EFCE5FD86.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus convexus Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus convexus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 2)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mt, 2320 m a.s.l., 24 April to 2 May 2000, Malaise trap, P. Q. Mai and M. T. Nguyen leg. (RMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; malar space 0.5 × basal width of mandible; scutellum with lateral carina present basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges; metasternum with two parallel transverse ridges at level of posterior angulation; propodeum with posterior transverse carina strong; metasoma tergites narrow, first tergite without distinct median longitudinal carina; first sternite weakly convex, rounded centrally.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 12.2 mm, fore wing 9.5 mm, ovipositor 2.7 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 30 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.35 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus 1.15 × ocellar–ocular distance; frons impunctate and polished; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; face 1.4 × as high as wide, pubescent, upper margin concave between antennal sockets; clypeus strongly convex, about 0.6 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space about 0.5 × basal width of mandible; mandible twisted and narrow, upper tooth much longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 1.25 × length of mandible basal width from mandible base.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 2 × mandible width, extending from collar to dorsal margin of pronotum; pronotum impunctate and polished laterally, collar pubescent dorsally; mesoscutum densely setose, with notauli deep, convergent at posterior 0.3 in shallow hollow; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges, lateral carina present basally; mesopleuron moderately densely pubescent except median concave area bare and polished, mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.6 of mesopleuron; metapleuron convex, bare and polished, pubescent dorsally along pleural carina, submetapleural carina forming small lobe anteriorly, angled posteriorly about 130 ◦; metasternum with two parallel transverse ridges from posterior angulation of submetapleural carina extending about 0.7 distance to median longitudinal groove; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent laterally, dorsally mostly bare, petiolar area polished, lateral longitudinal carina present on apical 0.5, posterior transverse carina strong. Legs slender, tibiae slightly swollen sub-basally, fore femur 4.8 × as long as wide; hind femur 5.9 × as long as wide, length 0.8 × tibia, tibia 10 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three tarsomeres combined, length 0.3 × tibia, 0.45 × tarsus, 2.4 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 1.7 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs&amp;M slightly basad of cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.7 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 mcu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 m-cu by 1.3 × length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 1.2x as long as vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 2 × longer than head and mesosoma combined; tergites coriaceous with dense, short hairs, except transverse smooth bands apically and first two tergites polished with scattered hairs; first tergite 2.7 × as long as apical width, median part convex, dorsolateral carina complete, weaker apically, median longitudinal carina indistinct; second tergite 0.85 × length of first tergite, 1.4 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, rhombic area moderately convex; third tergite shorter than second tergite, basal and apical oblique grooves weak; first sternite with some transverse ridges basally, weakly convex and rounded centrally; ovipositor slightly up-curved at tip, length from tip of hypopygium 0.75 × length of hind tibia, lower valve slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Black. Antenna yellowish brown, clypeus brown, mandible yellowish brown, palpi and tegula yellow; scutellum and post-scutellum reddish; legs reddish brown, except fore and mid coxae yellow, mid and hind trochantellus slightly darker; wings yellowish, pterostigma and veins brownish yellow; metasoma brownish posteriorly; ovipositor reddish.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mountain, Lao Cai Province, North Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological note</p> <p>The single specimen was collected in montane evergreen forest at an altitude of 2320 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>Morphologically, the new species is most similar to Brachyzapus fansipanensis sp. nov. (see description below) and B. nitidus (Hao and Sheng), which all have the posterior transverse carina of the propodeum strong and complete and the first tergite distinctly convex medially, without median longitudinal carinae. However, the new species can be distinguished from B. nitidus by its entirely brownish yellow antenna, without whitish flagellomeres subapically, and the more elongate first tergite (2.7 × as long as apical width versus 1.75 ×). It differs from B. fansipanensis sp. nov. by the smoother lateral side of the scutellum, metasternum and first sternite.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>This species is named after its medially convex first tergite.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF346A58FDA3FC4EFCE5FD86	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF3B6A5DFE7EFDC7FE49FDA7.text	7768194CBF3B6A5DFE7EFDC7FE49FDA7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus duboisi Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus duboisi sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 3)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mt, 2320 m a.s.l., 24 April to 02 May 2000, Malaise trap, P. Q. Mai and M. T. Nguyen leg. (RMNH).</p> <p>Paratype (two females). one female Lao Cai, Sa Pa, 1700 m a.s.l., 29 May 1997, hand net, R. Matsumoto leg (OMNH); one female same locality and collector, 30 May 1997, (OMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; malar space 0.75 × basal width of mandible; scutellum with lateral carina present basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges; mesopleuron with mesopleural suture foveolate; propodeum with posterior transverse carina strong; first tergite with median longitudinal carina strong to transverse smooth band; first sternite strongly convex, rounded apically.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 7 mm, fore wing 6.2 mm, ovipositor 1.7 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 27 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus 0.85 × ocellar–ocular distance; frons impunctate and polished; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; face 1.4 × as high as wide, pubescent, upper margin broadly concave between antennal sockets; clypeus moderately convex, about 0.67 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space about 0.75 × basal width of mandible; mandible twisted and narrow, upper tooth longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 1.5 × length of mandible basal width from base of mandible.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 2 × mandible width, extending from collar to dorsal margin of pronotum; pronotum impunctate and polished laterally, pubescent dorsally; mesoscutum moderately densely setose, with notauli deep, convergent at posterior 0.3 in shallow hollow; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent basally, laterally with weak transverse ridges, lateral carina present basally; mesopleuron subpolished, scattered hairs, mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.6; metapleuron convex, bare and polished, pubescent dorsally along pleural carina, submetapleural carina forming small lobe anteriorly, angled about 120 ◦ posteriorly; metasternum with some parallel transverse ridges from posterior angulation of submetapleural carina nearly to median longitudinal groove; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent laterally, dorsally mostly bare, petiolar area polished, lateral longitudinal carina present on apical 0.5, posterior transverse carina strong. Legs with mid and hind tibiae slightly swollen sub-basally; fore femur 3.9 × as long as wide; hind femur 5 × longer than wide, length 0.8 × tibia, tibia 10 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three tarsomeres combined, 0.3 × length of tibia, 0.45 × tarsus, 3 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 2 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs &amp; M slightly basad of cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.8 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 mcu by 1.5 × length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 as long as vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 1.8 × head and mesosoma combined; tergites with fine punctures, except second tergite and apical transverse bands smooth, base of tergite 3–5 weakly coriaceous; first tergite 2.5 × as long as apical width, dorsolateral carina complete, median longitudinal carina strong to transverse smooth band, median part convex; second tergite 0.8 × length of first, 1.15 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, rhombic area moderately convex; third tergite shorter than second, basal and apical oblique grooves weakly present; first sternite rounded, strongly convex apically; ovipositor slightly up-curved at tip, length of ovipositor from tip of hypopygium 0.85 × length of hind tibia, lower valve slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Black. Antenna yellowish brown, face and clypeus dark brown, mandible yellowish brown, palpi and tegula yellow; scutellum and post-scutellum reddish; legs reddish brown, except hind tibia with sub-basal and apical parts slightly darker; wings hyaline, pterostigma and veins yellowish brown; ovipositor reddish.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Variation</p> <p>Paratypes with malar space slightly shorter than in holotype (0.6 × mandible basal width versus 0.75 ×), wings more pigmented.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mt, Lao Cai Province, Northern Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological note</p> <p>The specimens were collected in montane evergreen forest at an elevation of 1700–2320 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>This new species is similar to B. unicarinatus in the presence of a strong posterior transverse carina on the propodeum and the evenly convex first tergite, with median longitudinal carinae extending nearly to the posterior margin. However, this species differs from the latter by its mesopleural suture foveolate over both upper and lower parts and its yellowish-brown antenna, without subapical yellow flagellomeres.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>This species is named after Jacques Dubois, who, with the late Ian Gauld, described the genus Brachyzapus and did much to delimit monophyletic genera within the Polysphincta- group.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF3B6A5DFE7EFDC7FE49FDA7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF3E6A5EFE5BFDE7FC34FF57.text	7768194CBF3E6A5EFE5BFDE7FC34FF57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus fansipanensis Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus fansipanensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 4)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Hoang Lien NP, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.78333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.316668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.78333/lat 22.316668)">Fansipan Mt</a>, 2100 m a.s.l., 22 ◦ 19’ N, 103 ◦ 47’ E, 23–26 October 2001, Malaise trap, P. Q. Mai leg. (RMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; malar space 0.5 × basal width of mandible; scutellum with lateral carina present basally, laterally with strong transverse ridges; mesopleuron with mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina ventrally strongly sinuous; metasternum dense with transverse ridges; propodeum with posterior transverse carina strong; first tergite without distinct median longitudinal carina, first sternite with transverse ridges on basal 0.4, centrally rounded, weakly convex.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 11 mm, fore wing 9.5 mm, ovipositor 2.6 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 27 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus 1.15 × ocellar–ocular distance; frons impunctate, polished; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; face 1.4 × as high as wide, pubescent, upper margin broadly concave between antennal sockets; clypeus moderately convex, about 0.6 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space about 0.5 × basal width of mandible; mandible twisted, upper tooth much longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 1.4x length of mandible basal width from base of mandible.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 2 × basal mandible width, extending from collar to dorsal margin of pronotum; pronotum polished, dorsal part and posterior corner pubescent; mesoscutum convex, moderately densely setose, with notauli deep, convergent at posterior 0.3 in shallow hollow; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent basally, laterally with strong transverse ridges, lateral carina present basally; mesopleuron subpolished, with scattered hairs, mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.6, ventrally strongly sinuous; metapleuron convex, bare and polished, pubescent dorsally along pleural carina, submetapleural carina forming small lobe anteriorly, posteriorly angled about 120 ◦; metasternum with many strong transverse ridges from above level of posterior angulation onward to middle of hind coxa, almost touching median longitudinal groove; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent laterally, dorsally mostly bare and polished, lateral longitudinal carina present on apical 0.5, posterior transverse carina strong. Legs with mid and hind tibiae slightly swollen subbasally; fore femur 4 × as long as wide; hind femur 5.2 × longer than wide, length 0.8 × tibia, tibia 10 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three tarsomeres combined, length 0.35 × tibia, 0.47 × tarsus, 2.6 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 1.9 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs &amp; M slightly basad of cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.7 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 m-cu by 1.5 × length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 1.15 × longer than vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 1.8 × longer than head and mesosoma combined; tergites with fine punctures, except first two tergites polished, base of tergites 3–5 coriaceous; first tergite 2.6 × as long as apical width, median part convex, dorsolateral carina complete, median longitudinal carina indistinct; second tergite 0.75 × length of first tergite, 1.1 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, rhombic area moderately convex; third tergite 0.83 × as long as second tergite, basal and apical oblique grooves weak; first sternite with transverse ridges present on 0.4 basally, weakly convex and rounded centrally; ovipositor slightly up-curved at tip, length from tip of hypopygium 0.82 × length of hind tibia, lower valve slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Black. Antenna brownish yellow, mandible, palpi and tegula yellow; scutellum and post-scutellum reddish; legs reddish brown, except fore and mid coxae yellow, mid and hind trochantellus slightly darker; wings yellowish, pterostigma and veins brownish yellow; metasoma brown; ovipositor reddish brown.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mt, Lao Cai Province, North Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological note</p> <p>The single specimen was collected in montane evergreen forest at an altitude of 2100 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>In general appearance, the new species is similar to Brachyzapus convexus sp. nov.; however, it can be separated from the latter by its metasternum and lateral sides of the scutellum with dense, strong transverse ridges, the finely punctate metasomal tergites, coriaceous only at the bases of tergites, and the first sternite with transverse ridges on the basal 0.4.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>We name the new species Brachyzapus fansipanensis after the type locality.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF3E6A5EFE5BFDE7FC34FF57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF3D6A40FE05FEB4FE3FFADB.text	7768194CBF3D6A40FE05FEB4FE3FFADB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus hoanglienensis Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus hoanglienensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 5)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Hoang Lien NP, 1550 m a.s.l., 22–29 October 1999, Malaise trap, C. v. Achterberg leg. (RMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; malar space 0.6 × basal width of mandible; scutellum with lateral carina present basally, laterally without transverse ridges; mesopleural suture smooth, not foveolate; legs slender, fore femur 5.8 × as long as width; propodeum with posterior transverse carina strong; first sternite with some oblique ridges basally, strongly convex, rounded apically; body reddish brown.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 7.3 mm, fore wing 6 mm, ovipositor 1.5 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 26 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.45 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus as long as ocellar–ocular distance; frons impunctate, polished; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent medially; face 1.5 × as high as wide, pubescent, upper margin concave between antennal sockets; clypeus moderately convex, about 0.65 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space about 0.6 × basal width of mandible; mandible narrow, weakly twisted, upper tooth much longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 0.9 × length of mandible basal width from base of mandible.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 1.9 × mandible width, extending from collar nearly to dorsal margin of pronotum; pronotum polished, scattered hairs dorsally; mesoscutum convex, moderately densely setose, with notauli deep, convergent at posterior 0.3 in shallow hollow; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent basally, laterally without transverse ridges, lateral carina present basally; mesopleuron subpolished, pubescent dorsally and ventrally, mesopleural suture not foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.5; metapleuron convex, bare and polished, pubescent dorsally along pleural carina, submetapleural carina, forming small lobe anteriorly, angled about 120 ◦ posteriorly; metasternum with some short transverse ridges at level of posterior angulation; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent laterally, dorsally mostly bare and polished, lateral longitudinal carina present on apical 0.4, posterior transverse carina strong. Legs slender, mid and hind tibiae slightly swollen sub-basally; fore femur 5.8 × as long as wide; hind femur 6.15 × longer than wide, length 0.8 × tibia, tibia 10 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three tarsomeres combined, length 0.3 × tibia, 0.45 × tarsus, 3 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 1.9 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs &amp; M slightly basad of cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.7 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 m-cu by length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing first abscissa of vein Cu 1 1.2 × longer than vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 1.7 × head and mesosoma combined; tergites with fine punctures, pubescent, base of tergites 3–5 coriaceous; first tergite 2.3 × as long as apical width, dorsolateral carina weakly complete, median longitudinal carina strongly present to oblique groove; second tergite 0.8 × length of first, 1.15 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves deep, rhombic area convex and polished; third tergite slightly shorter than second, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, median area convex; first sternite with some oblique ridges basally, strongly convex and rounded apically; ovipositor straight, length from tip of hypopygium 0.75 × length of hind tibia, lower valve slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Reddish brown. Antenna brownish yellow, mandible, palpi and tegula yellow; scutellum and post-scutellum reddish; legs reddish, except fore and mid coxae and trochanters yellow, subbasal and apical bands of hind tibia and hind tarsus fuscous; wings hyaline, pterostigma and veins brownish yellow; ovipositor reddish.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Hoang Lien NP, Fansipan Mt, Lao Cai Province, North Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological note</p> <p>The single specimen was collected in montane evergreen forest at an altitude of 1550 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>The new species differs from its congeners by its colour pattern and slender legs. Moreover, this species can be distinguished from other species of Brachyzapus from Vietnam, as well as B. unicarinatus from Russia and northeastern Asia, by its smooth, not foveolate mesopleural suture.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The specific epithet refers to the Hoang Lien National Park, the type and only known locality for this new species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF3D6A40FE05FEB4FE3FFADB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
7768194CBF236A45FE7BFA08FB7FFB2C.text	7768194CBF236A45FE7BFA08FB7FFB2C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachyzapus politus Pham & Broad & Matsumoto & Wägele 2012	<div><p>Brachyzapus politus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figure 6)</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (female). Lao Cai, Hoang Lien NP, 1550 m a.s.l., 22–29 October 1999, Malaise trap, C. v. Achterberg leg. (RMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Inner margins of eyes distinctly convergent ventrally; face narrow, 1.9 × as high as wide, sparsely finely punctate; malar space short, 0.25 × basal width of mandible; notauli present basally, indistinct posteriorly; scutellum with lateral carina strong to middle, without lateral transverse ridges; propodeum dorsally sparsely punctate, laterally with some transverse ridges at level of posterior transverse carina; first sternite convex, angled apically.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Body length 8 mm, fore wing 5.5 mm, ovipositor 1.9 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna with 25 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second; diameter of lateral ocellus 1.2 × ocellar–ocular distance; frons impunctate, polished; inner margins of eyes distinctly convergent ventrally; face narrow, 1.9 × as high as wide, subpolished, with very small punctures, upper margin concave between antennal sockets; clypeus strongly convex, about 0.75 × as high as wide, apical margin thin, emarginate; malar space 0.25 × basal width of mandible; mandible weakly twisted, narrow, upper tooth slightly longer than lower tooth; occipital carina complete, meeting hypostomal carina about 1.3 × basal mandible width from base of mandible.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Epomia length 2 × basal mandible width; pronotum impunctate and polished laterally, punctate and pubescent dorsally; mesoscutum densely setose with notauli moderately deep on basal 0.3, indistinct posteriorly; scutellum strongly convex, pubescent, lateral carina extending to middle; mesopleuron moderately densely setose except posterior concave area near mesopleural suture bare and polished, mesopleural suture foveolate, epicnemial carina present on lower 0.6 of mesopleuron; metapleuron bare and polished medially, pubescent basally, dorsally and apically, submetapleural carina forming small lobe anteriorly and angled about 135 ◦ posteriorly; metasternum with transverse ridge from posterior angulation of submetapleural carina extending about 0.6 × distance to median longitudinal groove; propodeum moderately convex, pubescent, except dorso-medially and petiolar area polished, posterior stub of lateral longitudinal carina present, several transverse ridges present at level of posterior transverse carina laterally. Legs with mid and hind tibiae slightly swollen sub-basally; fore femur 3.4 × as long as wide; hind femur 4.5 × as long as wide, length 0.8 × tibia, tibia 9 × as long as apical width; basitarsus longer than following three segments combined, length 0.33 × tibia, 0.45 × tarsus, 3 × second tarsomere, fourth tarsomere very short, fifth 2 × as long as third. Fore wing with vein Rs &amp; M slightly basad of cu-a, 2 rs-m about 0.7 × distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu, vein cu-a slightly inclivous, vein Cu 1 a separated from 1 m-cu by 1.15 × length of vein Cu 1 b; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 as long as vein cu-a.</p> <p>Metasoma. Metasoma 2 × longer than head and mesosoma combined; tergites coriaceous, with scattered short hairs; first tergite 2.3 × as long as apical width, dorsolateral carina complete, median longitudinal carina extending to oblique groove; second tergite 0.9 × length of first tergite, 1.5 × as long as apical width, basal and apical oblique grooves moderately deep, rhombic area moderately convex; third tergite shorter than second, basal and apical oblique grooves weakly present; first sternite with some transverse ridges at base, convex and angled apically; ovipositor straight, length from tip of hypopygium slightly longer than hind tibia, basal half of upper valve slightly swollen, tapered to sharp point.</p> <p>Colour. Black. Antenna yellowish brown, mandible brown, palpi and tegula yellow; legs reddish brown, except fore and mid coxae yellow, hind tibia with sub-basal and apical fuscous bands; wings hyaline, pterostigma and veins brownish yellow; ovipositor reddish brown.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Currently known only from Hoang Lien NP, Lao Cai Province, North Vietnam (Figure 7).</p> <p>Ecological notes</p> <p>The single specimen was collected in montane evergreen forest at an elevation of 1550 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Comparison</p> <p>Brachyzapus politus sp. nov. resembles B. tenuiabdominalis but it can be distinguished from the latter by its sparsely punctate face, gena and dorsal face of the propodeum; the weakly curved epicnemial carina; its less angled mesopleural suture; the longer median longitudinal carinae of the first tergite, extending to the posterior, transverse smooth band; and the second tergite with distinct, basal, oblique grooves. The new species differs from other Vietnamese Brachyzapus species by the notauli present only on the basal 0.3 of the mesoscutum, not meeting in the posterior half; the propodeum with the posterior transverse carina absent; the scutellum and post-scutellum black; and the strong lateral carina of the scutellum, extending to the middle.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>This species is named after its polished face, gena and dorsal face of the propodeum.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7768194CBF236A45FE7BFA08FB7FFB2C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pham, Nhi Thi;Broad, Gavin R.;Matsumoto, Rikio;Wägele, Wolfgang J.	Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio, Wägele, Wolfgang J. (2012): First record of the genus Brachyzapus Gauld and Dubois (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (27 - 28): 1639-1661, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.679640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679640
