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Aleiodes darlingtonia Butcher, Smith, Sharkey & Quicke, 2012, sp. nov.

Description

Aleiodes darlingtonia sp. nov.

(Fig. 59)

Holotype ♀, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP Klong Morg Unit, 24.ii – 3.iii.2009, 8° 53.725' N, 98° 39.025’ E, 87m, Malaise trap, Pongphan (collection code T3941) (voucher BCLDQ01626, Genbank JN278355) (QSBG).

Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype except 23–30xii.2008 (collection code T3898) (no sequence data) (BMNH); 1♀, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, Headquarters, 10–17.ii.2009, 8° 54.896' N, 98° 31.81’ E, 115m, Malaise trap, Pongphan (collection code T3931) (voucher BCLDQ01480, Genbank JN278255) (QSBG); 1♀, same as holotype except 17–24.iii.2009 (collection code T4476) (HIC).

Body length 3.5 mm, fore wing length 3.1 mm and antenna length 5.8 mm.

Antenna with 41 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere cylindrical and acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximaely 3 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete, mediodorsally forming a point where it is somewhate weaker; joining hypostomal carina ventrally. Mesopleuron largely shiny with strong longitudinal striation, speculum large and polished. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina complete but irregular posteriorly. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with narrow but distinct glabrous zone. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.2 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.2 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.5 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu represented by a reclivous, pigmented wing folf, interstitial. Hind coxa strongly obliquely striate basally dorsally and medially. Apex of hind tibia with well-developed comb of adpressed setae medially, but not ventrally. Claws with pecten of 4 brown teeth on basal lobe almost extending into gap between lobe and claw proper. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite weakly produced, anteriorly straight, weakly concave posteriorly. 3 rd tergite with midlongitudinal carina barely differentiated on anterior 0.2. 4 th tergite rather strongly emardinate posterolaterally, the lateral margin distinctly forming a tooth.

Etymology. Named after the resemblance of the shape of the metasomal carapace to the pitchers of the plant genus Darlingtonia.

Notes

Published as part of Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, pp. 1-232 in Zootaxa 3457 on pages 86-87, DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3457.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10832362

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , HIC , QSBG
Event date
2008-12-23 , 2009-02-10 , 2009-02-24 , 2009-03-17
Verbatim event date
2008-12-23/30 , 2009-02-10/17 , 2009-02-24/03-03 , 2009-03-17/24
Scientific name authorship
Quicke & Butcher
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Aleiodes
Species
darlingtonia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Aleiodes darlingtonia Butcher, Smith, Sharkey & Quicke, 2012