Coccygidium phaeoscapos
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae
Genus: Coccygidium
Name
Coccygidium phaeoscapos Sharkey sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
Fore wing melanic distally with a melanic spot near parastigma. Scape entirely melanic or with some weak pale infusions medially.
Description
Holotype female.
Body length. 7.1 mm
Head. OOL 0.17; POD 0.17; IOL 0.12; EH 1.04; MS 0.18; 42 flagellomeres.
Mesosoma: Mesoscutum punctate; notauli well impressed and crenulate; scutellum with apical carina and subapical transverse depression; sternaulus well impressed and crenulate, extending about ¾ length of mesopleuron; metapleuron rugose in ventral 1/3, punctate dorsally; fore tibial spur distinctly longer than basitarsus.
Metasoma. Median tergite 1 about twice as long as wide apically (length = 1.11mm, width = 0.59 mm).
Color. Yellow except as follows: flagellum melanic, scape entirely melanic or rarely with some weak pale infusions medially, pedicel melanic; tip of hind tibia varying from black to brown, hind tarsomeres varying from dark yellow to black, hind tibial spurs yellow to pale brown. Fore wing infumate in distal half and with a dark spot near parastigma, veins yellow basally, melanic distally; stigma yellow in basal half, vein R pale from stigma to union with RS. Hind wing yellowish hyaline basally and distinctly melanic distally.
Male. Unknown.
GenBank accessions
H265: #HQ667965. H266: #HQ667964. H267: #HQ667967. H342: #HQ667966. H560: #HQ667968. H671: #HQ667963.
Distribution
Known only from Thailand. Distribution map can be found at http://purl.org/thaimaps/phaeoscapos.
Etymology
From the Greek phaios meaning dusky or brown, and scapos; this is a reference to the dark scape which distinguishes this species.
Material examined
Holotype female: H267, Thailand, Ubon Ratchathani, Pha Taem NP,Phu Krajeaw foothill 15.667°N, 105.508°E 246m MT 2–9.vi.2007 Tongcam & Banlu [QSBG].
Paratypes ♀: Thailand: H671, Chaiyaphum, Pha Hin Ngam NP, deciduous forest/ Tepa Waterfall, 15.649°N, 101.418°E, 614m, MT, 19–25.iv.2007, Katae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai [QSBG]; H265, Chaiyaphum, Pa Hin Ngam NP, deciduous forest, 15.666°N, 101.453°E, 357m, MT, 13–19.vi.2007, Katae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai[ HIC]; H342, Loei, Phu Kradueng NP, Mixed deciduous/S Na Noy office 16.817°N, 101.794°E, 276m, MT, 14–21.v.2008, Thonghuay Phatai; H266, Sakon Nakhon, Phu Phan NP16.81°N, 103.892°E, 512m, MT, 16–22.vi.2007, Winlon Kongnara [QSBG]; H631, Tat Tone NP, 16°0.79N, 101°58.472E, 648m, MT, 12–19.v.2007, Jaruphan & Budsawong [QSBG]; H553 & H560, Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, Dipterocarp forest at Sapsomboon substation 16.018°N, 101.977°E, 674m, MT, 19–26.v.2007, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong [QSBG, HIC]; H306, Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, Dipterocarp forest at Sapsomboon substation, 16.043°N, 101.977°E, 675m MT, 5–12.v.2007, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong [QSBG]; H395 & H398, Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, Dipterocarp forest at Sapsomboon substation, 16.043°N, 101.977°E, 675m, MT, 26.v.-2.vi.2007, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong [QSBG, HIC].
Original Description
- Sharkey, M; Clutts, S; 2011: A revision of Thai Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of six new species of hymenoptera research/ Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 22: 69-132. doi
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