Volume 11, Number 2, 2002 293 on the lectotype in which the setae may have broken off. Material examined. — Lectotype 9, Bootan (BMNH, designated by Boucek 1988); 1 9, 1 6 , Maymyo, Mandalay Dist, Burma, M. H. Desai Coll., 28.VII.1931 (BMNH, det. Ferriere). Distribution. — Specimens are known only from Bhutan and Burma. Host. — The species has been reared from Pandanus. Discussion.— Milliron (1949: 348) dis-cussed the nomenclature of this name and stated that leucospidioidea was incorrectly credited to Westwood (1874: 136) by Dalla Torre (1898: 315) when it should have been credited to Rye (1874: 362). Naren-dran (1994: 34-35, Figs. 26-29) redescribed the lectotype. According to Boucek (1988: 127) the record for this species is question-ably Butung Island, southeast of Celebes. Narendran (1994) disagreed with this in-terpretation and so did Grissell (1999). Ac-cording to the Harper's Gazetteer of the world (Smith 1855) Bootan (also spelled Bhotan) was the area that now corre-sponds to Bhutan. According to Boucek (1988: 127) the locality of Assam (India) given by Dalla Torre (1898: 315) is incor-rect. This locality was not given by Walker (1862), but Assam borders Bhutan on the south and east, and so should not be dis-missed outright. Bootania leucospoides is the only species known to have bifurcate claws (Fig. 44), and in both sexes the stigmal vein is some-what concave on the ventral margin (Fig. 14). The female is especially distinct in having the stigma much wider than high (Fig. 14 9). 4. Bootmiin maxima (Strand) Figs. A, 2, 3, 9, 16, 30, 35 Pulvilligera maxima Strand 1911:59. 6 6 syn-types, Taihanroku, Formosa [Republic ot China] [ZMB, 3 examined]. Bootania maxima: Transferred by Riek in Kamijo 1962:36. Female. — Body length (excluding ovi-positor) 8 to 15 mm; ovipositor length 20 to 30 mm. Color: Orange to brownish or-ange (or rarely yellow) with brown to black markings as follows (Fig. 2): narrow median stripe from clypeus to interanten-nal area; transverse stripe through ocelli to eye, spot posterolateral to lateral ocellus, spot posterior to median ocellus with stripe running to occipital foramen (Fig. 16); irregular spot between eye and oral fossa at malar sulcus; postgenal area; pronotum with median and lateral longi-tudinal stripes; midlobe of mesoscutum with median dark brown longitudinal stripe; lateral lobe of mesoscutum with median longitudinal stripe ranging from faint indication (limited to median area of lobe) to black (extending from apical to posterior margins); notaulus; scutellum with dark brown longitudinal stripe me-dially extending from apical margin to fre-nal line or to posterior of frenal area; lat-eral panel of axilla with faint longitudinal patch; femoral depression; propodeum medially to nearly entirely except for sub-median yellow spots; metasoma ranging from all orange to nearly black with 2 to 4 lateral yellow spots laterally. Head: Wid-er than high (9:8); upper face bulging slightly; in dorsal view with facial setae shorter than greatest midocellus diameter and obviouslv not reaching inner eye mar-gin (i.e., upper face with wide, bare area between setae and inner eye margin) (as in Fig. 24); face with carinae extending from lower margin (excluding clypeus) to venter of lateral ocelli; genal area, post-genal area, and scrobal depression smooth; scrobal depression narrower than upper face (i.e., distance from lateral mar-gin o\ depression to eye) (Fig. 30); scrobal depression Laterally with multiple carinae that converge on midocellus ventrally ^nd dorsally (Fig. 30; midocellus appears to be in scrobal depression hut if not readily apparent, then at least several carinae con-verge on it lateral!) and dorsally); malar sulcus complete ^d obvious; intermalar distance about 2.5x malar distance; toruli
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