Mesoconius braueri (Hennig) comb. nov.

Fig. 40B

Aristobata braueri Hennig, 1935: 31, 1934: pl. 2, fig. 5 (nomen nudum).

Zelatractodes braueri – Steyskal 1968: 20 .

Diagnosis

Length about 14 mm. Colour entirely dull orange, with the following exceptions: head shiny yellow, with frontal vitta velvet black; fore tarsomere 1 black basally and dorsally, tarsus otherwise white, except for some ventral black pigmentation on tarsomere 2; fore femur black distally, fore tibia entirely black; mid femur with a broad and complete band at middle, hind femur with an incomplete black band beyond middle. Head with ocellar tubercle distinctly elevated; inner vertical and postocellar bristles present, outer verticals absent. Wing membrane evenly and lightly infuscated, except for a large central clear area in cell r 4+5 continuous with a small pale spot in r 2+3. Abdominal segments 1–2 petiolate, segment 3 somewhat petiolate.

Material examined

Holotype VENEZUELA • ♀; “Venezuela”; SMTD.

Paratypes VENEZUELA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collecting data as for holotype; NHMW .

Remarks

Mesoconius braueri is distinguished from other orange species of Mesoconius lacking a prominent katatergite ( M. garyi sp. nov., M. ottoi nom. nov. and M. hoffmannsi) by its black mid-femoral rings.