Microchelonus brasiliensis (Brues, 1912)

Papp, Jenő, 2016, First Survey Of The Neotropical Species Of Microchelonus Szépligeti With Descriptions Of Twenty-Five New Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 62 (3), pp. 217-344 : 234-236

Microchelonus brasiliensis (Brues, 1912)

(Figs 70–76, 88)

Chelonusbrasiliensis Brues , 1912: 206 “f” = m, typelocality: Natal, Brazil, “Type” (= holotype) inMuseumofComparativeZoology, Cambridge (USA); examined .

Microchelonus brasiliensis (Brues) : ShENEfElt 1973: 878 (comb. n., literature up to 1912). PAPP 1999: 183 (synonymization, redescription, taxonomicposition), 2010: 189 (inkey).

Chelonus (Chelonella) szepligetii Viereck, 1913: 360 f, typelocality: Pernambuco, Brazil, fe- maleholotypeinUSNM (onefemaleparatypeinMNB, locality: SanBernandine, Paraguay); examined, synonymization (PAPPl.c.).

Figs 61–74. 61–63. Microchelonusblackburni ( Cameron, 1886): 61 = carapaceinlateralview (f), 62 = carapaceindorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture (m), 63 = propodealcarina indorsalview (fm). 64–69. Microchelonusbolsoni Papp, 1999 (femaleholotype): 64 = headin dorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture, 65 = clypeus, 66 = headinlateralviewwithin- dicationofitssculpture, 67 = hindfemur, 68 = distalpartofrightforewing, 69 = carapacein dorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture. 70–74. Microchelonusbrasiliensis (Brues, 1912): 70 = headindorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture (fm), 71 = clypeus (f), 72 = head inlateralviewwithindicationofitssculpture (fm), 73 = scutellum (fm), 74 = carapacein dorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture (m).

Emendated features to the redescription ( PAPP 1999: 183) – f. Body 2.7–2.9 mm long. Headindorsalviewalmosttwice (i.e. 1.9 times) asbroadaslong, eye 2.1 timeslongerthan temple, templereceded, vertexstronglyandalmostconfluentlyandellipticsubfoveolate (Fig. 70). Scutellum smooth and shiny to uneven, subrugulose, dull (Fig. 73). Fore wing: pterostigma 2.2 timesaslongaswideand 1.25 timeslongerthan 1–R1, SR1 almoststraight ( Fig. 75 seearrows ). Carapaceinlateralview 2.8 timesaslongashighposteriorly ( Fig. 76 , seearrows). – m. Apicalforamenofcarapaceellipticandfairlylarge, 2–2.2 timesaswide as high (Fig. 88).

Taxonomicposition – Inthekeytothefemale Microchelonus species M. brasiliensis (Brues) runs to M. johni (Marsh) , see couplets 80 (83) – 82 (81); to M. blackburni (Cameron) and M. pectiniphorae (Cushman) , seecouplets 86 (85) – 90 (89); to M. constrictus Papp , see couplets 92 (95) – 94 (93). In the key to the male Microchelonus species M. brasiliensis runs to M. kellieae (Marsh) and M. topali Papp , see couplets 47 (46) – 51 (50).

Figures

Figs 75–87. 75–76. Microchelonus brasiliensis (Brues, 1912): 75 = distal part of right fore wing (fm), 76 = carapaceinlateralview. 77–87. Microchelonusbuscki (Viereck, 1912) (femaleholotype: 78, 81, 84, 85; female: 77, 79; female + male: 80, 82, 83, 86; male: 87): 77 = scape, pedicel andproximal / distalpartsofflagellomeres, 78 = headindorsalviewwithindicationofits sculpture, 79 = headindorsalview, 80 = clypeus, 81 = headinlateralviewwithindication of its sculpture, 82 = scutellum, 83 = distal part of right fore wing, 84 = hind femur, 85 = carapaceindorsalviewwithindicationofitssculpture, 86 = carapaceindorsalview, 87 =