Pseudofornicia

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae

Name

Pseudofornicia van Achterberg gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile

Etymology

The specific name is derived from “pseudos” (Greek for “fallacy”) and the generic name Fornicia Brullé, because it is similar to that genus. Gender: feminine.

Type species

Pseudofornicia nigrisoma van Achterberg & Long, sp. n.

Diagnosis

Height of head 0.5–0.7 × height of mesosoma in lateral view (Figs 1, 11) and width of head 0.8–0.9 × width of mesoscutum; scapus moderately oblique apically; prepectal carina absent; axilla curved up over base of hind wing; metanotum with lobe-shaped protuberance postero-dorsally; medio-longitudinal carina of propodeum absent (Fig. 13); vein r-m of fore wing absent (Figs 2, 22); vein 1-SR of fore wing 0.3–0.4 × as long as vein 1-M (Figs 2, 12); inner middle tibial spur as long as basitarsus and curved (Fig. 1); three anterior tergites of metasoma forming a flattened carapace covering most of metasoma dorsally (Figs 4, 14, 24); first tergite movably joined to second tergite (Fig. 4); dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite united into median carina posteriorly and with a lamella separating dorsal and anterior face of tergite (Figs 13, 23), anterior face smooth and flat; second suture of metasoma sinuate, crenulate and together with lateral grooves of medial area forming a more or less X-shaped figure (Figs 3, 13, 23); third tergite 1.1–1.6 × as long as second tergite medially (Figs 2, 13, 23); fourth-sixth tergites more or less sclerotized; ovipositor short and decurved; ovipositor sheath largely glabrous, narrow and only apically with some long setae; hypopygium of female fully sclerotized and acute apically. Males unknown.

Distribution

Indo-Australian.

Biology

Unknown, but the species of the very similar genus Fornicia are koinobiont endoparasitoids of limacodid caterpillars (Yu et al. 2012).

Comments

The genus will run in the key to world genera of Microgastrinae by Mason (1981) to the genus Fornicia Brullé. The new genus can be separated as follows:

Comments — C. Achterberg , K. Long , X. Chen , L. You

1		Third tergite 1.1–1.6 × as long as second tergite medially and flattened in lateral view; first tergite movably joined to second tergite; second tergite with wide and anteriorly widened medial area; second suture of metasoma curved and together with lateral grooves of medial area more or less X-shaped; head 0.8–1.0 × as wide as mesoscutum; prepectal carina absent; fourth-sixth tergites more or less sclerotized; scapus moderately oblique apically    Pseudofornicia van Achterberg, gen. n.
–		Third tergite 0.5–0.9 × as long as second tergite medially and curved in lateral view; first tergite immovably joined to second tergite; second tergite with narrow and anteriorly parallel-sided medial area; second suture of metasoma straight and not connected to lateral grooves of medial area and not X-shaped; head 0.7–0.8 × as wide as mesoscutum; prepectal carina present behind fore coxa; fourth-sixth tergites mainly membranous; scapus strongly oblique apically    Fornicia Brullé

Key to species of the genus Pseudofornicia

Key to species of the genus Pseudofornicia — C. Achterberg , K. Long , X. Chen , L. You

1		Medial area of second metasomal tergite wide triangular (Fig. 46 in Austin and Dangerfield 1992); fore wing with two dark patches; scutellum with a slender (in lateral view tooth-like, but in dorsal view obtuse) protuberance posteriorly; height of head 0.5 × height of mesosoma in lateral view; median carina of first tergite 0.3–0.4 × as long as dorsal face of tergite; [metasoma black]; Australian region (Australia: Queensland)    Pseudofornicia commoni (Austin & Dangerfield, 1992), comb. n.
–		Medial area of second tergite largely subparallel-sided and only anteriorly widened (Figs 3, 23) or vase-shaped (Fig. 13); fore wing without dark patches; scutellum without protuberance, at most with a more or less up curved subposterior rim; height of head 0.6–0.7 × height of mesosoma in lateral view (Figs 1, 11); median carina of first tergite nearly as long as dorsal face of tergite (Figs 3, 13, 23); Oriental region    2
2		Metasoma black dorsally and parallel-sided (Fig. 13); vein m-cu of fore wing about as long as vein 2-SR+M (Fig. 12); apical half of hind tibia dark brown (Figs 11, 15); height of head 0.7 × height of mesosoma in lateral view (Fig. 11); propodeum without elevated medio-basal area (Fig. 13); medial area of second tergite vase-shaped (Fig. 13); median length of third tergite 1.2 × second tergite (Fig. 13); vein cu-a of hind wing nearly straight (Fig. 19)    Pseudofornicia nigrisoma van Achterberg & Long, sp. n.
–		Metasoma brownish-yellow dorsally, at most second and third tergites medially dark brown and roundly narrowed posteriorly (Figs 3, 23); vein m-cu of fore wing shorter than vein 2-SR+M (Figs 2, 22); apical half of hind tibia yellowish brown (Figs 5, 25); height of head 0.6 × height of mesosoma in lateral view (Fig. 1); propodeum with small elevated medio-basal area (Fig. 3); medial area of second tergite largely subparallel-sided and only anteriorly widened (Figs 3, 23); median length of third tergite 1.3–1.5 × second tergite (Figs 3, 23); vein cu-a of hind wing moderately sinuate (Figs 8, 24)    3
3		Head 0.8 × as wide as mesoscutum; anterior half of medial area of second metasomal tergite largely sculptured (especially laterally) and more gradually narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 3); first tergite near median carina hardly depressed and X-shaped groove superficial (Fig. 3, but posteriorly impressed); first discal cell nearly as setose as apical third of fore wing; apical rim of scutellum remaining far below upper level of scutellum; second and third tergites dark brown medially (Fig. 3); third tergite densely finely reticulate medially (Fig. 3)    Pseudofornicia flavoabdominis (He & Chen, 1994) comb. n.
–		Head 0.9 × as wide as mesoscutum; anterior half of medial area of second metasomal tergite largely smooth, except some punctures laterally and more abruptly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 23); first tergite near median carina depressed because of distinctly impressed X-shaped groove (Fig. 23); first discal cell less setose than apical third of fore wing; apical rim of scutellum nearly reaching upper level of scutellum (Fig. 29); second and third tergites brownish yellow medially (Fig. 23); third tergite coarser reticulate medially (Fig. 23)    Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi Long, nom. n.

Original Description

• Achterberg, C; Long, K; Chen, X; You, L; 2015: Pseudofornicia gen. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a new Indo-Australian genus and one new species from Vietnam ZooKeys, (524): 89-102. doi

Images

Figure 1. Pseudofornicia flavoabdominis He & Chen, female, paratype, habitus lateral.  Figures 2–10. Pseudofornicia flavoabdominis He & Chen, female, paratype. 2 fore wing 3 metasoma dorsal 4 metasoma lateral 5 hind leg 6 head dorsal 7 head anterior 8 mesosoma dorsal 9 mesosoma lateral 10 antenna.  Figure 11. Pseudofornicia nigrisoma sp. n., female, holotype, habitus lateral.  Figures 12–20. Pseudofornicia nigrisoma sp. n., female, holotype. 12 fore wing 13 metasoma dorsal 14 metasoma lateral 15 hind leg 16 antenna 17 head dorsal 18 head anterior 19 mesosoma dorsal 20 mesosoma lateral.  Figure 21. Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi nom. n., female, holotype, habitus lateral.  Figures 22–30. Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi nom. n., female, holotype. 22 fore wing 23 metasoma dorsal 24 metasoma lateral 25 hind leg 26 head dorsal 27 head anterior 28 mesosoma dorsal 29 mesosoma lateral 30 antenna.