Pseudorhysipolis inaequalis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae
Genus: Pseudorhysipolis
Name
Pseudorhysipolis inaequalis Papp, 2012 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Holotype ♀ and one paratype ♀:
COLOMBIA, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu Mata-Mata, Malaise trap, 150 m, 2–15 October 2001, leg. D. Chota. M 2239. Holotype is in good condition: (1) glued on a card point by its right meso- and metapleura, (2) left antenna broken, flagellum with 20 flagellomeres. Paratype is in fairly good condition: (1) glued on a card point by its right mesopleuron, (2) both antennae broken, right antenna with 16 and left antenna with 13 antennomeres, (3) right fore wing somewhat creased distally. Holotype in Boyacá, Colombia; one female paratype in Museum Budapest, Hym. Typ. No. 12021.
Etymology
The species name inaequalis refers to the unequal lengths of 3–SR and 2–M of the fore wing (Fig. 55).
Description
Body 3.3 mm long. Antenna (right one) somewhat longer than body and with 30 antennomeres. First flagellomere a little longer than second, first flagellomere 3.5 times as long as broad apically, subsequent flagellomeres shortening and attenuating so that penultimate flagellomere 3.6 times as long as broad. Head in dorsal view transverse (Fig. 51), almost 1.7 times as broad as long, eye fairly large: 7.5 times as long as temple, temple receding. Ocelli small, elliptic, OOL twice as long as POL. Eye in lateral view 1.3 times as high as wide and 5.4 times as wide as temple, beyond eye evenly wide (Fig. 52). Horizontal diameter of oral opening twice as long as shortest distance between opening and eye. Maxillary palp as long as height of head. Occipital carina completely removed from hypostomal carina. Face and gena smooth and shiny, vertex subgranulose, subshiny to matt.
Mesosoma in lateral view nearly twice as long as high. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum granulose, otherwise mesosoma smooth and shiny. Pronope absent. Notauli complete, deep, smooth. Prescutellar furrow crenulate. Precoxal suture weakly distinct, smooth. Propodeum granulose, with a medio-longitudinal carina dividing posteriorly, polished anterior to and around spiracles (Fig. 53). Hind femur 3.8 times as long as broad medially (Fig. 54). Inner apex of hind tibia with comb-like dense bristles (cf. Fig. 15 in Scatolini et al. 2002[1]: 126). Pair of spines of hind tibia shorter than half length of basitarsus.
Fore wing as long as body. Pterostigma (Fig. 55) four times as long as wide and r issuing from its middle, somewhat longer than width of pterostigma (12:10). Second submarginal cell long, 3–SR twice as long as 2–SR; SR1 faintly bent, slightly more than twice as long as 3–SR and reaching tip of wing. Vein r, 2–SR and m–cu equal in length. First subdiscal cell long, distally closed (Fig. 56, see arrow).
First tergite (Fig. 57) 1.5 times as long as broad posteriorly, weakly broadening posteriorly, dorsope distinct, pair of basal keels ending before middle of tergite, domed median part of tergite granulose. Second tergite quadrate, a little broader behind than long medially; tergites 2–4 largely weakly sclerotized or membranous (Fig. 57). Ovipositor sheath long, as long as mid tibia.
Scape and pedicel ochre, flagellum brown. Ground colour of head and mesosoma ochre; scutellum, propodeum and tergites brown. Mouthparts yellow, palps straw yellow. First tergite dark brown. Legs yellow, coxae and trochanters 1–2 straw yellow. Wings hyaline, pterostigma brownish, basally and apically yellow, veins yellowish to brownish.
Paratype ♀
Similar to the female holotype. Body 3.3 mm long. Head somewhat dark ochre.
Male and host
unknown.
Distribution
Colombia.
Diagnosis
The new species, Pseudorhysipolis inaequalis, runs to Pseudorhysipolis notaulicus van Achterberg & Penteado-Dias in Scatolini et al.’s key (2002[1]: 111–113) and belongs to the subgenus Pararhysipolis; the two species differ from each other by the features in the key (Pseudorhysipolis notaulicus is known to me by its original description: Scatolini et al. 2002[1]: 111–113):
Original Description
- Papp, J; 2012: Five new braconid species from Colombia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 28: 67-84. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Scatolini D, Penteado-Dias A, van Achterberg C (2002) Pseudorhysipolis gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rhysipolinae) with nine new species from Brazil, Suriname and Panama. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 76 (13): 109-131.
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