Schoenlandella deserta ( Telenga, 1955 )

Edmardash, Yusuf A., Gadallah, Neveen S. & Sharkey, Michael J., 2018, Revision of the subfamily Cardiochilinae Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Egypt, with new records and a new species, Journal of Natural History 52 (5 - 6), pp. 269-297 : 284-285

Schoenlandella deserta ( Telenga, 1955)

( Figures 1 (e), 3(b))

Cardiochiles desertus Telenga, 1955 . Fauna SSSR. 5(4): 216, ♀, fig.

Diagnosis

Generally yellowish with brownish parts; head with rectangular black spot dorsally ( Figure 1 (e)); galea at most 0.5× height of eye when seen in frontal view; 1-SR+M of fore wing 11× as long as m-cu ( Figure 3 (b)), 2-SR+M 4.5× as long as m-cu, stigma 4.1× as

long as broad ( Figure 3 (b)); inner hind tibial spur 1.1 – 1.2× as long as outer one; ovipositor sheath 0.6× as long as hind tibia.

Abbreviated description of female

Length of body: 4.0 – 4.2 mm; length of fore wing: 3.0 mm.

Body generally yellowish; the following parts are brownish: entire antenna (except slightly paler scape and pedicel), rectangular area on head dorsally, frons medially, T1 anteriorly and ovipositor sheath (metasoma sometimes largely brownish, especially T3 – 7). Fore wing: hyaline, moderately infuscated apically; pterostigma almost black except basal yellowish area; parastigma and tegula are entirely orange or yellow; the veins are brownish and less clear in the infuscated area of wing. Head: antenna with 29 flagellomeres; glossa deeply bilobed, to about 0.4 of its length; OOL:AOL:POL: ØOD = 16:4:2:4. Fore wings: 1-SR+M 11.33× as long as m-cu; 2-SR+M about 4.66× as long as m-cu 1-M straight, 1-SR strongly bent at it middle point forming right angle, junction of 4SRb and 5-SR lacking a sharp angle, m-cu 0.13 as long as 1-M; discal cell 0.53 as long as wide; 1-A absent; 1-2A+3A spectral; 1-Cua 0.29× as long as 1-Cub; 2r 0.5× as long as inside height of SMC2, arising 0.5 along the length of stigma basally; stigma 4.07× as long as wide; angle between 4SRa and Rs 125°; angle between Rs and r-m 100°; spectral node of 3r absent; SMC2 0.36× as long as wide; 2 + 3-SR nearly straight. Legs: Fore tibial spur 0.25× as long as basitarsus; hind tibia 9.5× as long as wide apically; inner hind tibial spur 1.35× as long as outer spur, 0.85× as long as basitarsus. Metasoma: stem of T1 0.31× as long as bulb; median field of T2 1.11× as broad as high; ovipositor sheath 0.6× as long as hind tibia.

Male

Unknown in the present study.

Material examined

2♀, Gebel Elba (Wadi Aideb) (22.250°N; 36.433°E), January 1939 (Leg. Selim) [ PPDD] .

Distribution

Azerbaijan, Morocco, Spain, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012); Egypt (new record).

Host records

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 1. Dorsal habitus. (a) Cardiochiles priesneri (1× scale line); (b) C. pseudofallax (0.8× scale line); (c) C. weidholzi (0.9× scale line); (d) Schoenlandella acrenulata (1× scale line); (e) S. deserta (1.2× scale line); (f) S. glabra (1× scale line); (g) S. maculata (1× scale line); (h) S. obscuriceps (0.9× scale line); (i) S. pseudoglabra (1× scale line); (j) S. variegata (1× scale line).

Figure 3. Fore wing, apical two-thirds. (a) Schoenlandella acrenulata; (b) S. deserta; (c) S. glabra; (d) S. maculata; (e) S. obscuriceps; (f) S. variegata (all ≈ 1× scale line).