Synaldis berbegalae Peris

Peris, Francisco Javier, Papp, Jeno, Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Jiménez, Ricardo, 2014, Seven new Spanish species of the genus Synaldis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with mesoscutal pit, Zootaxa 3764 (1), pp. 39-60 : 40-43

Synaldis berbegalae Peris –Felipo, sp. nov.

( Figs 1–12 )

Etymology. Named in honor Dr Carmen Berbegal de Gracia for her valuable help to the first author.

Type material. Holotype: female, Spain, Castellon Province, Pobla de Benifassà, Natural Park Tinença de Benifassà, 22.07.2004 (F.J. Peris–Felipo leg.) ( ENV). Paratype: 1 female, same label as in holotype, but 0 1.07.2004 ( ENV).

Description. Female.

Head entirely smooth; in dorsal view 2.05 times as wide as median length, 1.5 times as wide as mesoscutum, with rounded temples behind eye. Eye in lateral view 1.25 times as high as wide and 1.45 times as wide as temple medially. POL 1.45 times OD; OOL 2.85 times OD. Face 1.95 times as wide as high; inner margins of eyes subparallel. Clypeus slightly curved ventrally, 3.4 times as wide as high. Paraclypeal fovea reaching middle distance between clypeus and eye. Mandible widened towards apex, 1.3 times as long as its maximum width. Upper tooth of mandible longer than middle tooth; middle tooth wide basally and narrowed towards apex, rounded apically; lower tooth shorter than upper tooth, rounded apically. Antennae thick, 16-segmented. Scape twice as long as pedicel. First flagellar segment 2.5 times as long as its apical width, 1.15 times as long as second segment; second segment 1.8 times as long as its maximum width. Third to thirteenth flagellar segments 1.75–1.90 times as long as their width. Fourteenth flagellar segment 2.25 times as long as its maximum width.

Mesosoma 1.1 times as long as high (lateral view). Mesoscutum 1.2 times as long as maximum width. Notauli mainly absent. Mesoscutal pit present, elongated. Prescutellar depression smooth, without lateral carinae. Precoxal suture present, not reaching anterior and posterior margins of mesopleuron. Posterior mesopleural furrow crenulate. Propodeum sculptured, with longitudinal median carina from its anterior to posterior margins, with short and not reaching propodeal sides transverse carinae in its apical third. Propodeal spiracles relatively small, 0.2 times as long as distance between spiracle and apical margin of propodeum.

Wings. Length of fore wing 2.55 times its maximum width. Radial cell reaching apex of wing, 3.4 times as long as its maximum width. Nervulus weakly postfurcal. Brachial cell closed, short, widened apically, 2.75 times as long as its maximum width. Hind wing 7.3 times as long as its maximum width.

Legs. Hind femur 3.35 times as long as its maximum width. Hind tibia weakly widened towards apex, about 7.2 times as long as its maximum subapical width, 1.05 times as long as hind tarsus. First segment of hind tarsus 1.8 times as long as second segment.

Metasoma distinctly compressed. First tergite finely striate in apical half, weakly widened towards apex, 1.55 times as long as its apical width. Ovipositor 2.2 times as long as first tergite, distinctly shorter than metasoma, 1.55 times as long as hind femur.

Colour. Body and legs brown to dark brown. Wings hyaline. Pterostigma brown.

Body length 1.5 mm; fore wing length 1.45 mm.

Variations. Body length 1.45–1.60 mm; fore wing length 1.4–1.5 mm. Head in dorsal view 2.0–2.1 times as wide as median length. Hind femur 3.3–3.4 times as long as its maximum width. First metasomal tergite 1.5–1.6 times as long as its apical width.

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis. According to the key by Fischer (2003), new species is similar to S. graeca Fischer, 2003 and S. simplimarginata Fischer, 2003 . S. berbegalae sp. nov. differs from S. graeca in having the mandible 1.3 times as long as wide (as long as wide in S. graeca ), middle flagellar segments 1.75–2.25 times as long as their width (as long as their width in S. graeca ), and head in dorsal view 2.00–2.05 times as wide as median length (1.8 times in S.

graeca ). On the other hand, S. berbegalae differs from S. simplimarginata in having the hind femur 3.3–3.4 times as long as its maximum width (5.0 times in S. simplimarginata ), eye in lateral view 1.45 times as wide as temple medially (as wide as temple in S. simplimarginata ), face 1.95 times as wide as high (1.4 times in S. simplimarginata ), clypeus 3.4 times as wide as high (3.0 times in S. simplimarginata ), and head in dorsal view 2.00–2.05 times as wide as median length (1.8 times in S. simplimarginata ).

According to the key by Belokobylskij (2004a), this new species also resembles S. fraudulenta (Papp, 1981) , but differs from it in having the first flagellar segment 2.5 times as long as its width (3.0 times in S. fraudulenta ), middle flagellar segments 1.75–2.25 times as long as their width (as long as their width in S. fraudulenta ), hind femur 3.3–3.4 times as long as its maximum width (4.0 times in S. fraudulenta ), first metasomal tergite 1.5–1.6 times as long as its apical width (2.0 times in S. fraudulenta ), and mesoscutal pit elongated (small and oval in S. fraudulenta ).

Additionally S. berbegalae is similar to describing below S. falcoi sp. nov. and S. navarroae sp. nov. S. berbegalae differs from S. falcoi in having the mandible 1.3 times as long as wide (0.6–0.7 times in S. falcoi ), first flagellar segment 2.5 times as long as width (2.0 times in S. falcoi ), hind femur 3.3–3.4 times as long as its maximum width (3.9 times in S. falcoi ), and the first metasomal tergite 1.5–1.6 times as long as its apical width (1.9 times in S. falcoi ). Finally, S. berbegalae differs from S. navarroae in having the mandible 1.3 times as long as wide (0.9 times in S. navarroae ), first flagellar segment 2.5 times as long as width (2.1 times in S. navarroae ), hind femur 3.3–3.4 times as long as its maximum width (4.0 times in S. navarroae ), and the first metasomal tergite 1.5– 1.6 times as long as its apical width (1.75 times in S. navarroae ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Synaldis berbegalae sp. nov. (female). 1. Habitus, lateral view. 2. Head, lateral view. 3. Mandible. 4. Antenna. 5. Basal segments of antenna. 6. Head, dorsal view.

FIGURES 7 – 12. Synaldis berbegalae sp. nov. (female). 7. Mesosoma, lateral view. 8. Mesonotum. 9. Propodeum. 10. First metasomal tergite. 11. Hind leg, metasoma, ovipositor, lateral view. 12. Fore and hind wings.