Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri, 1916)

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 : 22-23

Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri, 1916)

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Material examined. 1♀ “ Opii. 318” ( IEBR), NE Vietnam: Tuyen Quang, Na Hang NP, Son Phu forest , 22°17’34’’N 105°28’19’’E 561m, MT, 30.xii.2018, KD Long .

Diagnostic characters. Female, “Opii. 318 ”, antenna with 38 flagellomeres remaining; length of body 3.3 mm, fore wing: 3.8 mm, ovipositor: 2.7 mm; ovipositor 1.7 × metasoma ( Fig. 15A ). Ventral margin of clypeus curved hypoclypeal depression narrow and deep ( Fig. 15C ); mandible rather long, twisted; face ( Fig. 15C ); OOL: OD: POL = 7: 4: 3 ( Fig. 15B ); scutellar sulcus narrow, slightly curved medio-posteriorly ( Fig. 15D ); fore wing: vein r 0.8 × 2-SR; r: 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m: SR1 = 10: 13: 25: 9: 39; vein SR1 evenly curved; subdiscal cell strongly narrowed anteriorly ( Fig. 15E ); vein 1-SR+M thin and weakly sclerotized; vein r-m unsclerotised; vein 2-SR+M 4.0 × as long as its maximum width; vein m-cu straight, far antefurcal, nearly linear with vein 2-SR+M; vein cu-a postfurcal, 1-CU1 short, as long as cu-a (3/3), and 0.1 × 2-CU1 ( Fig. 15E ). Hind wing ( Fig. 15F ): vein M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 14: 17: 10. Propodeum with basal carina fused into reversed Y-shaped carina posteriorly; surface of propodeum almost smooth, except lateral smooth narrow groove above spiracle ( Fig. 15G ); first metasomal tergite with dorsal carinae in 0.6 basal of tergite ( Fig. 15 H ).

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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.