Kerevata clarksoni, Butcher, Buntika Areekul & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2014

Butcher, Buntika Areekul & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2014, Three new species of Kerevata (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Clinocentrini) from mainland Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 3811 (3), pp. 338-346 : 341-344

Kerevata clarksoni sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Papua-New-Guinea, Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm 700m (-5.732514,145.2568) 700m, 09-10/11/ 2012, leg Keltim, Uma, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 3, understorey; Malaise—MAL-MW0700C-16/16-d16. Code P1435.

Paratypes: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 1 ♀, Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm 700m (-5.732514,145.2568) 700m, 30-31/10/2012, leg Keltim, Uma, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 3, understorey; Malaise—MAL-MW0700C-06/ 16-d06. Code P1425; 1♂. Papua-New-Guinea, Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm 1200m (-5.721022,145.2703) 1200m, 30-31/10/2012, leg Philip, Alois, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 2, understorey; Malaise—MAL-MW1200B-06/ 16-d06. Code P1799.

Female. Body length 5.8 mm, fore wing length 5.7 mm and exserted length of ovipositor 2.7 mm.

Antenna with 55 flagellomeres. Median flagellomeres 2 x longer than wide. Inter-tentorial distance 2.35 x tentorio-ocular distance. Width of face 0.49 x width of head and 0.95 x height of eye. Frons almost entirely smooth with midlongitudinal sulcus, and ridge parallel to margin of eye. Transverse diameter of posterior ocellus 1.2 x distance between posterior ocelli, and 0.42 x shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye. Occipital carina wavy. Mesosoma 1.7 x longer than high. Mesoscutum with longitudinal ridges between notauli posteriorly. Mesopleuron almost entirely smooth, Precoxal sulcus narrow, rather shallow, weakly crenulate, not expanded anteriorly to form a coarsely sculptured area. Propodeum with short mid-longitudinal carina anteriorly bordered by largely smooth area, otherwise strongly rugose. Fore wing vein 1CUb 3.3 x 1 CUa. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with large glabrous zone. Fore wing vein 3RSa 2.5 vein r-rs. Fore wing vein 2RS 1.6 x vein r-rs. Fore wing vein 3RSb 2.6 x vein 3RSa. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.0 x 1 Ma+1Mb. Tergum of 1st tergite 2.85 x longer than posteriorly wide. 2nd + 3rd tergites 2.1 x longer than maximally wide.

Male. The male differs from females in being markedly smaller (body length 4.5 mm, fore wing 4.0 mm) and having entirely dark antennae with 44 flagellomeres.

Etymology. Named after Jeremy Clarkson, television personality and author.

Figures

FIGURE 4. K. clarksoni sp. nov. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus lateral view against darker background to show antennal colour; C, head, front view; D, head, dorsal view; E, mesosoma and back of head, lateral view; F, mesosoma, dorsal view; G, metasomal tergites 1 – 3.