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Huddleston, T.: A revision of Elasmosoma Ruthe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with two new species from Mongolia

Elasmosoma platamonense sp. n. (Figs. 9, 13) 9 9- Head (Fig. 13) large, breadth across eyes at least equal to breadth of thorax; face short, protuberant with indistinct coriaceous sculpture and copious white hair. Tentorial pits well marked; clypeus inflexed. distal margin concave; labrum prominent visible between clypeus and mandibles shining and punctured with copious white hairs. Frons abruptly divided from face, rather flat with strong coriaceous sculpture. A n t e n n a short, stout. 13-segmented but the last two segments not distinctly divided, the four basal segments broader than long the rest quadrate except for the terminal segment which tapers. Ocelli large, the ocellar triangle obtuse, the distance between the hind ocelli at least 2.5 times the distance between hind ocellus and orbit. Eyes large converging below, malar space very short. The distance between the bases of the mandibles about half the breadth of the head. — Thorax short, anteroposteriorly compressed, the thorax in lateral view about as high as long. Anterior face of p r o p 1 e u r u m shining with scattered punctures and with distinct rugae laterally, the lateral face of the propleurum coriaceous. The propleurum has a ventro-lateral pyriform swelling just in front and above the base of the fore coxa giving the appearance of a triangular tooth on each side of the thorax when viewed from above. The pronotum coriaceous with traces of longitudinal striation. The mesonotum strongly convex, coriaceous with cojnous white hair. Mesopleurum with reticulatecoriaceous sculpture; scutellum coriaceous with scattered large punctures and with vertical striation at the sides the scutellar disc strongly convex. The metanotum with strong striations laterally and prominently swollen centrally to form a distinct postscutellar elevation. P r o p o d e u m short and wide, somewhat swollen at the sides, recessed beneath the scutellum. Propodeum with strong reticulate-rugose sculpture centrally with a transverse strigose element at the base and with copious long white hairs on the lateral swellings. — Tarsus of middle leg shorter than tarsus of foreleg, tarsal segments 3-4 of middle leg quadrate, basitarsus of middle leg at least two times as long as second segment of tarsus. Basitarsus of foreleg distinctly curved. Outer tibial spur of hind leg (Fig. 9) stout and blunt, slightly longer than basal segment of tarsus. — Venation mostly obsolete, the base of the radius distinct the costa thick the pterostigma broad and reflexed anteriorly into a pouch-like fold. — Gaster as long as head and thorax together. First tergite broader at apex than long the other tergites much broader than long. Tergites 1—3 strongly coriaceous with scattered punctures Rnd hairs the rest indistinctly coriaceous more densely punctured and hairy. H y p o py g i u m broadly and shallowly emarginate ending well before the end of the gaster. — Black, antenna brown except that the two basal segments are testaceous below. Face clypeus, labrum, mandibles, legs, tegula, costa and stigma ivory in colour, the stigma with a fuscous border. The hind coxa mainly black dorsally the middle coxa also sometimes darker. zfrf- Same as females except that antenna 14-15 segmented longer and somewhat expanded centrally. The hind tibial spurs both shorter than the basal segment of the tarsus and not stout and blunt. The distance between the hind ocelli 3.5 times the ocellar-ocular distance. The eyes smaller and the malar space longer. The colour darker, the face and clypeus black. Holotype 9: Greece, Platamon, Aug. 1074 (Dr. R. D. HARKNESS) (BMNH). — Paratypes 9: Greece, Platamon, Aug. 1969 (Dr. R. D. HARKNESS) (HNHM). — 9, Greece .Platamon 12. Aug. 1973 (Dr. R. D. HARKNESS) (BMNH). — Ç, Egypt,