Abzaria latipetiolaris CAMERON

A. M, 2009, Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1317-1608 : 1539-1540

Abzaria latipetiolaris CAMERON (Plate 59)

Abzaria latipetiolaris CAMERON 1885 - Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta 1: 201, Ƌ.

F e m a l e

F l a g e l l u m: Slender, bristle-shaped, with 41 segments and with white annulus on segments 7-14, beyond white annulus slightly widened and flattened ventrally, gradually attenuated toward apex; segments of flagellum clearly separated (differentiated); basal segments moderately elongated, first segment 2,8 times longer than width at apex. Flagellum by length approximately equal to front wing and 1,4 times shorter than body length.

H e a d: Head contour from front narrowed downwards, slightly transversal, 1,3 times wider than height; genae long, slightly sinuous; head contour from above transversal, 2 times wider than length. Vertex from lateral obliquely abrupt just after hind ocelli to occipital carina; temples behind eyes from above convex, strongly sinuously narrowed, from lateral 1,8 shorter than longitudinal diameter of eye at middle, parallel to hind margin of eye; occipital carina high, sharp all round, angularly impressed from above, far not reach level of eyes and hind ocelli; occipital carina meeting with hypostomal carina not reaching mandible base; malar space equal to mandible base width; mandibles with very long upper tooth; clypeus transversal, slightly convex (on height of middle field of face), with straight front margin and slightly rounded lateral corners, apex of clypeus slightly impressed, clypeus separated from face by slight impression; clypeal foveae comparatively small; labrum far protrude from under clypeus, equal by breadth to clypeus front margin, roundly triangle; middle field of face very slightly elevated above lateral fields, in middle narrower than lateral fields; antennal cavities deeply impressed, laterally limited by high elevations, laterally without tubercles and with strong sharp tubercle between antennal fossae; frons between antennal cavities with two high plastic projections; ocelli comparatively small, diameter of lateral ocellus 2,6 times less than distance from ocellus to eye; ocelli high elevated, ocellar triangle strongly expressed, limited laterally by deep cavities. Surface of face and clypeus with delicate punctures, shining; surface of frons, temples and occiput smooth, polished, occiput with sparse deep punctures.

T h o r a x: Collar of pronotum long, transverse furrow slightly impressed. Mesonotum moderately convex, longer than width, notauli only as slight impressions at base; surface of mesonotum smooth, shining; subalarum thick, not sharpened; speculum smooth shining; mesopleural fovea very deep, with broad impression around it; sternauli completely absent; mesopleurae smooth, shining only with sparse shallow punctures at lower part; prepectal carina high; scutellum slightly convex, smooth, not carinated laterally, gradually slanting from scuto-scutellar furrow to postscutellum. Hind margin of metanotum smooth without triangle projections. Propodeum strongly shortened, transversal; horizontal part shorter than length of area posteromedia in middle; areas of horizontal part not limited by carinae; area posteroexterna and third pleural area merged, or only just visible separated; apical transverse carina lamellate broadened at place of apophysises; coxal carina developed; spiracles large, slit-shaped, 2,4-3,6 times longer than width. Surface of propodeum without traces of microsculpture, polished.

L e g s: Long and strong. Segments of tarsi of all legs ventrally flattened and uniformly covered by very dense short bristles. Claws thin, strongly curved.

W i n g s: Areolet quadrangular, symmetrical; stigma narrow, dark; radius slightly curved; nervulus interstitial, strongly curved; ramulus long; veins dark; membrane of wing hyaline, yellowish. Front wing 1,3 times shorter than body length.

A b d o m e n From above longish-oval, strongly sclerotized, segments divided by deep constriction, apical tergites not hidden, visible from above. First tergite extremely broadened, short and thick, laterally carinated; petiolus sharply narrowed just only at base, postpetiolus by breadth equal to distance between lamellate projections at apex of propodeum; middle field of postpetiolus only just elevated; postpetiolus smooth, shining with large wrinkles and punctures. Gastrocoeli only just visible impressed just only at base of second tergite, thyridia absent; lunulae absent; surface of abdomen shining with big punctures, punctures on second tergite medially merge to large shining longitudinal wrinkles. Hypopygium triangle with rounded apex, without fold from below.

C o l o r a t i o n: Of black-yellow coloration. Yellow: face completely, fronto-vertical orbits, temples almost completely; front margin of pronotum, large spots along its upper margin; two stripes on mesonotum, tegula, subalarum, mesopleurae almost completely, mesosternum completely, scutellum completely, upper parts of mesopleurae; propodeum very richly; all segments of abdomen apically broadly and laterally yellow. Legs redyellow; yellow: coxae and trochanters of front and middle legs completely, hind coxae richly, femora of front legs completely.

S i z e: Body length: 13,4; front wing: 10,5; flagellum: 9,7 mm.