Re-evaluation of the taxonomic confusion of the metallic-blue Pimpla Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) species in the Oriental region Author Chen, Hsuan-Pu 0009-0004-1247-4753 Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei 106, Taiwan b 08612008 @ ntu. edu. tw; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0004 - 1247 - 4753 b08612008@ntu.edu.tw Author Lin, Kai-Ti 0009-0004-1247-4753 Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei 106, Taiwan b 08612008 @ ntu. edu. tw; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0004 - 1247 - 4753 b08612008@ntu.edu.tw Author Wu, Shipher National Taiwan Museum, No. 2, Xiangyang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei 100, Taiwan text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-18 5357 2 270 284 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.5 journal article 273367 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.5 cffed2cd-b3db-4c97-ada4-79b93d48f593 1175-5326 10018109 9EDC38B9-49CB-4442-BE25-83B8BDD61585

TABLE 1. Diagnostic characters of Pimpla cyanator and other metallic-blue Pimpla.

Regions	Oriental			Neotropical		Afrotropical
Characters	P. cyanator	P. indra sensu Morley (1913)	P. caerulea	P. caeruleata	P. viridescens	P. cyanea
Color of head and mesosoma	metallic dark blue with golden green reflection	black with metallic blue reflection	metallic blue with violet reflection	metallic blue with violet reflection	metallic blueish green with violet reflection	metallic blue with violet reflection
Color of fore femora and tibia	metallic dark blue or reddish brown, yellow in the inner side	reddish brown	metallic blue, yellowish white in the inner side	metallic blue, yellow in the inner side	metallic blue, yellow in the inner side	metallic dark blue tinged with reddish brown
Color of mid and hind legs	metallic blue, sometimes tinged with reddish brown	reddish brown	metallic blue, male with apex of femora and tibia white	black with metallic-blue reflection	metallic blue, orange in tibia and tarsus	metallic blue with violet reflection
Color of maxillary palps	blackish brown	unknown	blackish brown	yellow	blackish brown	reddish brown
Color of wings	tinged with yellow	tinged with yellow	tinged with black	tinged with black	tinged with yellow	tinged with yellow
Color of pterostigma	yellowish to blackish brown, yellow at base	black	black	black	black	yellowish brown
Face (female)	evenly punctate with long seta	“strongly punctate”	evenly punctate with short seta	evenly punctate with short seta	evenly punctate with short seta	sparsely punctate with short seta
Apex of clypeus	truncate or slightly concave	unknown	truncate or slightly concave	truncate or slightly concave	bilobate	truncate or slightly concave
Malar space/basal width of mandible	0.86–1.26	unknown	0.65–0.75	0.65–0.70	0.45–0.60	unknown
Sculpture of mesopleurum	polished and evenly punctate	coarsely punctate	polished and evenly punctate	matt and evenly punctate	matt and evenly punctate	matt and coarsely punctate
Sculpture of metasomal tergites	weakly and densely strigose	unknown	coriaceous	coriaceous	coarsely punctate	coarsely punctate
Width/length of laterotergite V	more than 0.35	unknown	less than 0.3	less than 0.2	less than 0.2	unknown
Fore wing cu-a and Rs & M	postfurcal	unknown	slightly postfurcal	slightly postfurcal	postfurcal	antefurcal