Pristaulacus exuberans Turrisi & Smith 2020

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Pristaulacus exuberans Turrisi & Smith, 2020 Fig. 5 Material examined. Thailand: Holotype • ♀, Loei, Phu Kradueng National Park, Dry evergreen, Pong Neep forest unit, 16°56.599'N, 101°42.079'E, 273 m, Malaise trap, 12 19.iv.2008, Thonghuay Phatai leg., T 5110 (QSBG). Paratypes: • 2 ♀, Thailand, Sakon Nakhon, Phu Phan, Car Park at Nam Hom Waterfall, 17°7.4119'N, 104°1.0169'E, 347 m, Malaise trap, 25–31.iii.2007, SailomTongboonchai leg., T 2376 (QSBG, USNM); • 1 ♀, Thailand, Loei, Phu Kradueng National Park, Mixed deciduous / office, 16°56.519'N, 101°41.669'E, 274 m, Malaise trap, 26.iv–3.v.2008, Thonghuay Phatai leg., T 5125 (QSBG); • 1 ♀, Thailand, Loei, Phu Kradueng National Park, Nampong / Pong Neep forest unit, 16°56.599'N, 101°41.619'E, 273 m, Malaise trap, 12–19.iv.2008, Thonghuay Phatai leg., T 5128 (QSBG); • 1 ♀, Thailand, Mae Hong Son, Namtok Mae Surin National Park, 19°20.8579'N, 97°59.1239'E, 274 m, 1–8.vi.2008, Kaewmanee J. leg., T 3527 (QSBG). Diagnosis. Moderately large species, body length slightly more than 13.0 mm, excluding ovipositor; color mostly light orange, except most of antenna, lower part of mesopleuron, coxae and hind leg, and metasoma black; setae goldish; head, from above, 1.1 × wider than long, dull, vertex with coarse, deep and dense to very dense punctures; gena well developed, subparallel and rounded posteriorly; occipital margin straight; occipital carina very narrow, rim-like, very weak medially; mesosoma coarsely sculptured, mostly areolate-rugose; lateroventral margin of pronotum with one anterior stout, squared, forwarded tooth-like process; anterior margin of mesonotum, in lateral view, squared, not overhanging pronotum; hind coxa stout, 2.0 × longer than wide, transverse-carinate dorsally, polished-punctate ventrally; tarsal claw pectinate with five tooth-like processes, basal one very weak; metasoma pyriform, fairly compressed laterally; petiole short, stout, about as long as wide; ovipositor length 1.0 × fore wing length. Distribution. Thailand (Loei, Mae Hong Son and Sakon Nakhon provinces) (Turrisi and Smith 2020; Pham et al. 2024). Host. Unknown. Remark. The species belongs to the Pristaulacus flavipennis species-group (Turrisi 2025).

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