Psyttalia latinervis Wu & van Achterberg, 2016

Oanh, Nguyen Thi, Long, Khuat Dang, Xuan, Trinh Thi, Tinh, Duong Van & Nghiep, Hoang Thi, 2024, The genus Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in Vietnam: descriptions of seven new species and their host information, Zootaxa 5477 (1), pp. 1-26 : 25

Psyttalia latinervis Wu & van Achterberg, 2016

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Material examined. 1♀, “Opii. 077 ” ( IEBR), S Vietnam: Tay Ninh, Tan Bien, Lo go-Xa Mat NP, forest, sweep (net), 7.xi.2003, KD Long .

Diagnostic characters. Female, “Opii. 077 ”, antenna with 48 flagellomeres; length of body 3.7 mm, fore wing 3.8 mm; ovipositor 2.3 mm ( Fig. 16A ); ovipositor 1.15 × metasoma. Ventral margin of clypeus straight; hypoclypeal depression wide and deep ( Fig. 15C ); mandible long, twisted; face coursely rugose ( Fig. 16B ); OOL: OD: POL = 7: 4: 3; fore wing: vein r 0.45 × 2-SR ( Fig. 16E ); r: 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m: SR1 = 5: 11: 27: 5: 50; vein SR1 curved apically; subdiscal cell strongly narrowed anteriorly ( Fig. 16E ); vein 1-SR+M thin and largely unsclerotized; vein r-m pigmented; vein 2-SR+M short and thick, 1.5 × its maximum width; vein m-cu narrowly antefurcal, weakly curved; vein cu-a far postfurcal; vein 1-CU1 curved, largely widened basally, 6.0 × as long as cu-a, and 0.6 × 2- CU1 ( Fig. 16E ); vein M+CU1 widened apically; hind wing: vein M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 16: 20: 10 ( Fig. 16F ); propodeum with basal carina fused into reversed Y-shaped carina posteriorly; surface of propodeum almost smooth, except lateral smooth groove above spiracle ( Fig. 16C ); suture between second and third hardly defined ( Fig. 16D ); ovipositor slightly curved upward ( Fig. 16A ).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri), female, “Opii.318” (IEBR) A Habitus, lateral B Head, dorsal C Head, frontal D Mesonotum E Fore wing F Hind wing G Propodeum H Metasomal tergites 1+2+3.

FIGURE 16. Psyttalia latinervis Wu & van Achterberg, female, “Opii.077” (IEBR) A Habitus, lateral B Head, frontal C Propodeum, dorsal D Metasoma, dorsal E Fore wing F Hind wing.