Imeria (Caenojoppa) flavomaculata, Riedel & C, 2025

Imeria (Caenojoppa) flavomaculata nov.sp. (figs 14, 26, 31, 41, 49)

H o l o t y p e ♀: Laos: Prov. Hua Phan, Phou-Pan, Umg. Ort Ban Saleui, 20°13´30´´N 103°59´26´´E, 1350-1900 m, 03.04.- 11.04.2014, KJa, leg. C. Holzschuh & locals (Linz).

P a r a t y p e: (♀) Laos: Prov. Hua Phan, Phou-Pan, Umg. Ort Ban Saleui, 20°13´30´´N 103°59´26´´E, 1350-1900 m, 29.iv.2012, KNo, leg. C. Holzschuh & locals (Linz).

E t y m o l o g y: The species name refers to the rich ivory color pattern.

D e s c r i p t i o n: ♀. Body length 9.5-10.0 mm. Flagellum with 41-42 segments, slender, bristle-shaped; 1 st flagellar segment 4.7× as long as wide, all segments longer than wide. Temple very long, parallel behind eye and moderately and roundly narrowed apically. OED 1.5× and OOD 1.0× ocellar diameter. Temple and frons smooth and shining, with sparse superficial punctures. Face with rather dense punctures, shining. Clypeus slightly concave, with sparse punctures; apical margin sharp and pointed medially. Gena with very sparse punctures. Malar space 0.6× as long as width of mandibular base.

Side of pronotum almost smooth, epomia long but not reaching ventral margin of pronotum. Notaulus not impressed. Mesoscutum with densely but superficially punctate, dull. Mesopleuron coarsely striate dorsally and striate-punctate ventrally; speculum smooth. Epicnemial carina slightly widened ventrally. Sternaulus distinctly impressed in frontal half of mesopleuron. Metapleuron coarsely rugose-punctate; juxtacoxal carina distinct. Scutellum moderately and roundly elevated, about as long as wide, coarsely punctate basally, striate apically; lateral carina slightly widened basally, reaching apical 0.6 of scutellum. Postscutellum rugose or ± striate. Propodeum rugose-punctate, without lateral longitudinal carina, with short apophysis (shorter than its basal width); spiracle long-oval. Area basalis much wider than long, slightly bulging medially. Area superomedia hexagonal, about as long as wide; costula reaching its middle. Area petiolaris with transverse rugae. Hind coxa densely punctate, without scopa. Hind femur with sparse punctures in ventral half, 4.3-4.5× as long as wide. Claws simple. Areolet pentagonal, frontal distance between veins 2rs-m and 3rs-m 2× their diameter. Vein 1cu-a interstitial. Metasoma oxypygous. 2 nd to 4 th sternites with median folds. Postpetiole moderately widened, without latero-median carina, finely rugose or rugose-punctate. Gastrocoelus strongly impressed, with few oblique ridges. Thyridium large, slightly oblique, 2.3× as wide as interval between thyridia. 2 nd tergite 1.2× as wide as long. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites densely rugose-punctate, ± dull. 4 th tergite with superficial punctures, following tergites finely granulate and ± shining. Ovipositor sheath slender and stick-shaped, reaching behind metasomal apex by length of 3 rd hind tarsomere.

Color: black. Flagellum black, flagellar segments 8-13 ivory dorsally. Palps, mandible except teeth, clypeus, face except small brown median spot and two brown paramedian longitudinal stripes, frontal orbit up to vertex, gena and outer orbit up to dorsal margin of compound eye, frontal and upper margins of pronotum, two long paramedian stripes on mesoscutum, tegula except black outer margin, subtegular ridge, wide longitudinal stripe on ventral mesopleuron, scutellum and postscutellum, upper division and apical spot on metapleuron, posterolateral stripes on propodeum, basal third or half of petiole, apical bands on all tergites (medially interrupted on 4 th to 6 th tergites) ivory. Legs reddish; fore and mid coxae and trochanters, apical and dorsal spots on hind coxa ivory; hind femur black in apical 0.1-0.2; hind tibia black in basal 0.1; distal fore and mid tarsomeres brown; hind tarsus yellow, distal tarsomere brown in paratype. Wings hyaline; pterostigma brown.

³ unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Laos.