Tubiformopius tubibasis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae
Genus: Tubiformopius
Name
Tubiformopius tubibasis Fischer comb. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Opius (Opius) tubibasis Fischer, 1978: 163–165. Holotype female in AEIC.
- Opius (Opius) tubibasis: Yu et al. 2005[1], 2012[2] (electronic catalogs).
Type locality
Ecuador, Cañar, Naupán, 3200 m.
Type material
Holotype. Female (AEIC), first label, first line: W. Naupán(Cañar) second line: 3200m. Ecuador third line: XII. 10. 70 fourth line: Luis Peña second label [red]: Holotype third label, first line: [female symbol] Opius second line: tubibasis third line: Holotype sp. n. fourth line: det. Fischer fourth label [yellow] Type 1195
Diagnosis
Holotype female. Labrum completely concealed by mandibles; clypeus tall, narrow, weakly protruding in profile, ventral margin truncate. Mandible with weak basal lobe, apically nearly parallel-sided. Malar space distinct, malar sulcus not evident except as a small impression adjacent eye. Antenna with 24 flagellomeres. Pronotum dorsally not readily visible in holotype. Disc of mesoscutum nearly bare, with a very sparse row of setae between notauli and transscutal articulation; midpit absent or nearly so, with faint indication of a depression when viewed in certain angles; notauli weak, present as short, weakly sculptured grooves on anterior declivity, not extending posteriorly onto disc of mesoscutum; supra-marginal carina between base of notaulus and tegula absent. Scuto-scutellar sulcus relatively narrow as in Opius tubigaster, crenulate throughout. Precoxal sulcus barely visible as a short, broad, very shallow, completely unsculptured indentation. Propodeum granular rugose, without median carina anteriorly, moderately setose. Fore wing with stigma long, curled in holotype, but very gradually tapered distally; r1 equal to or slightly longer than stigma width; second submarginal cell long, distinctly narrowing distally; m-cu widely antefurcal; 2CUb arising slightly below middle of hind margin of first subdiscal cell, 2cu-a absent, first subdiscal cell broadly open at posterior-distal corner. Hind coxa smooth; hind femur very long, slender, weakly bilobed. T1 completely striate, the striae curving medially from basal-lateral area adjacent dorsal tendon attachment, completely obscuring dorsal and lateral carinae; dorsope and laterope absent; T1 spiracle indistinct, situated at 0.65 length of T1; T1 parallel-sided, 2.5 × longer than apical width; S1 appears fused to T1; S1 0.6 × length of T1.
Remarks
Van Achterberg and Salvo (1997)[3] suggested the possibility that tubibasis might belong in Lorenzopius despite the absence of a midpit on the mesoscutum. The subsequently described Tubiformopius is a better fit because tubibasis is nearly identical to the type species of Tubiformopius, especially with respect to critical features of mesosomal sculpture and fore wing venation in addition to the shape of the mandible.
Taxon Treatment
- Wharton, R; Ward, L; Miko, I; 2012: New neotropical species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from fruit-infesting and leaf-mining Tephritidae (Diptera) with comments on the Diachasmimorpha mexicana species group and the genera Lorenzopius and Tubiformopius ZooKeys, 243: 27-82. doi
Other References
- ↑ Yu D, Van Achterberg K, Horstmann K (2005) World Ichneumonoidea 2004. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Taxapad 2005. CD/DVD. Taxapad, Vancouver, http://www.taxapad.com
- ↑ Yu D, Van Achterberg C, Horstmann K (2012) Taxapad 2012 – World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. On USB Flash http://drive.www.taxapad.com, Ontario.
- ↑ Van Achterberg C, Salvo A (1997) Reared Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 71: 189-214.
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