Aleiodes fovodeum, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

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, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 101

Aleiodes fovodeum sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet Province, Mae Wong NP, Chong Yen , 27.viii.2007, 16° 5.212' N, 99° 6.578' E, 1306m, C Piluek & A Inpuang (voucher BCLDQ01537, Genbank JN278290 ) ( QSBG).

Body length 5.3 mm, fore wing length 4.3 mm and antenna length 7.1 mm.

Antenna with 44 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere cylindrical, distinctly acuminate. Median flagellomeres 3.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina strong and lamelliform, rounded medio-dorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron punctate anteriorly becoming aciculate posteriorly, precoxal sulcus weakly impressed foveate rugose, speculum absent. Propodeum with midlongitudinal carina virtually complete though irregular posteriorly. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 2.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with very narrow glabrous line opposite 1-M. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.25 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.9 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 3.7 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.4 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu present as a pigmented line, interstitial. Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite well developed, rounded anteriorly, steeply concave posteriorly. Midlongitudinal carina of 3rd tergite not differentiated from other longitudinal striation.

Etymology. Named because of the foveate propodeal sculpture.

Notes. Despite morphological similarity, differs from A. incisus sp. nov. at 24 bases within the bar-coding gene region.

Figures

FIGURE 72. A. fovodeum sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, head and mesosoma, lateral view; D, mesosoma, dorsal view; E, wings; F, metasoma.