Notiospathius johnlennoni De Jesus-Bonilla , Nunes, Penteado-Dias, Zaldivar-Riveron

De Jesus-Bonilla, Vladimir Salvador, Nunes, Juliano F., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Csoesz, Sandor & Zaldivar-Riveron, Alejandro, 2011, A new synonym of the Neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae, Doryctinae), with redescription of two species and description of five new species from Brazil, ZooKeys 122, pp. 71-90 : 76-78

Notiospathius johnlennoni De Jesus-Bonilla, Nunes, Penteado-Dias, Zaldivar-Riveron sp. n. Figs 3 A–F

Diagnosis.

This speciesdiffers from the remaining described Brazilian species of Notiospathius by having the following combination of features: (1) most flagellomeres bicoloured, brown on basal half, turning honey yellow apically (flagellomeres having one colour in the remaining species), (2) fourth median tergite costate basolaterally (Fig. 3E) (see Notiospathius atra diagnosis for character states of remaining species), and (3) fifth median tergite usually with striate microsculpture basolaterally (Fig. 3E) (smooth and polished in the remaining species).

Description.

Female. Colour: Head brown to light brown, eye orbits honey yellow; scape brown to light brown, pedicel light brown; first flagellomere light brown, following flagellomeres bicoloured, brown on basal half, turning honey yellow apically, apical eight flagellomeres yellow; palpi yellow. Mesosoma and first metasomal tergum dark brown to black, remaining terga brown. Ovipositor and sheaths light brown, dark brown at apex. Fore and middle coxae and trochantellus light brown to brown, femora and tibiae brown; hind coxa dark brown to black, trochanter and trochantellus light brown, femur brown, tibia brown basally, turning yellow apically; tarsi brown. Wings dusky, stigma and veins brown, tegula yellow to light brown. Body length: 6.5 mm (lateral view), ovipositor 7.0 mm. Head: Clypeus granulate-rugose, face and frons striate-rugose, vertex striate to striate-rugose, temple striate, gena smooth (Fig. 3A); eye 1.5 times higher than wide (lateral view); malar space 0.4 times eye height (lateral view); temple 0.6 times eye width (dorsal view); hypoclypeal depression elliptic; ocular-ocellar distance 2.4 times diameter of lateral ocellus; length of scape 1.6 times its width (frontal view); antenna with 29 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: Length of mesosoma twice its maximum height; pronotum laterally costate-rugose, pronotal groove strongly scrobiculate, propleuron costate; mesoscutal lobes transversally costate-rugose laterally, slightly coriaceous medially (Fig. 3C); notauli scrobiculate anteriorly, meeting before scutellum at middle of mesoscutum in a large costate-rugose area (Fig. 3C); scutellar disc smooth; mesopleuron porcate dorsally, smooth-slightly rugose medially and ventrally (Fig. 3B); precoxal sulcus wide, scrobiculate, as long as mesopleuron; venter of mesosoma slightly rugose; propodeum and metapleuron rugose-areolate, propodeum with a slightly indicated median longitudinal carina running to basal half; apical lateral corners without distinguishable tubercles, spines over hind coxae short and blunt. Wings: Fore wing length 3.8 times its maximum width, length of pterostigma 5.0 times its maximum width, vein r about 0.2 times length of vein 3RSa, vein m-cu interstitial or slightly postfurcal to vein 2RS, vein 1cu-a interstitial with vein 1M (Fig. 3D); hind wing vein M+CU 0.4-0.45 length of vein 1M. Legs: Fore and middle femora rugose dorsally, hind femur costate-rugose dorsally, slightly rugose-coriaceous ventrally; hind tibia densely pilose, middle tibia with a row of at least four spines; hind coxa without tooth or tubercle at base (Fig. 3F). Metasoma: First metasomal median tergite rugose basally, turning costate-rugose apically, length 2.6-3.1 times its apical width (dorsal view); basal sternal plate (acrosternite) about 0.7 times length of tergum; second median tergite costate with rugose microsculpture; suture between second and third median tergites poorly defined and straight dorsally; third median tergite costate (Fig. 3E); fourth median tergite costate basolaterally, remaining area smooth and polished; fifth median tergite usually with striate microsculpture basolaterally; remaining median tergites smooth and polished; ovipositor about two times length of metasoma.

Male. Smaller than female. Body length 3.8 mm.

Variation. Female. Colour: apical 3-8 flagellomeres yellow. Body length: 5.3-7.0 mm (lateral view), ovipositor 5.8-9 mm. Head: Eye 1.3-1.6 times higher than wide (lateral view); malar space 0.4-0.5 times eye height (lateral view); ocular-ocellar distance 2.0-2.6 times diameter of lateral ocellus; length of scape 1.5-1.8 times its width (frontal view); antenna with 25-36 flagellomeres. Wings: Fore wing length 3.8-4.0 times its maximum width, length of pterostigma 4.8-5.0 times its maximum width. Metasoma: Length of first metasomal median tergite 2.8 times its apical width (dorsal view).

Holotype.

Female (NHML). "Brasil, Nova Teutonia, 27°11'S, 52°23'W; 3-XI-1938; Fritz Plaumann coll, B. M. 1938-632".

Paratypes.

Fourteen specimens, 10 females, four males. One female (DCBU), "Jundiai do Sul, PR, Brasil, Faz. Monte Verde, Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR, 11/1/1998, armadilha Malaise"; one female (CNCI), "Brasil, Nova Teutonia, 27°11'S, 52°23'W; 21-II-1960; Fritz Plaumann coll."; remaining specimens (NHML, CNIN-UNAM) with same data as holotype.

Biology.

Unknown.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of the 30th anniversary of the death of the British musician John Lennon in 2010.