Mirax (Centistidea) linguaris, Papp, 2013

Papp, J, 2013, Eleven New Mirax Haliday, 1833 Species From Colombia And Honduras And Key To The Sixteen Neotropical Mirax Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (2), pp. 97-129 : 110

Mirax (Centistidea) linguaris sp. n.

(Figs 55–61)

Material examined (2 ff) – Female holotype: Colombia, Nariño, Territorio Kofán , 1000 m, 10˚30’N / 77˚13’W, taken with Malaise trap, 25–26 September 1998, leg. E. González (M 280) . Female paratype: Colombia, Magdalena PNN, Santa Marta San Lorenzo , taken with Malaise trap, 2200 m, 10˚48’N / 73˚39’W, 15–30 January 2001, leg. J. Camillo (M 1186).

Type condition: holotype and paratype are in good condition, glued on card point by their right mesopleuron.

Type depository: holotype is deposited in the Alexander Humboldt Institute, Villa de Leyva , Boyacá, Bogota ( Colombia), paratype in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hym. Typ. No. 12072 .

Etymology – The species name ”linguaris” refers to the sclerotized spatulate-shape

plate of first tergite (Fig. 61).

Description of the female holotype – Body 2 mm long. Antenna somewhat shorter than body, first flagellomere a bit longer (20:18) than second flagellomere and almost five times as long as broad preapically (Fig. 55), penultimate flagellomere 2.8 times as long as broad. Head in dorsal view transverse (Fig. 56), 1.8 times as broad as long, eye 2.2 times as long as temple, temple receded. Inner margin of eyes parallel. Face twice as wide as high. Head polished. – Mesosoma in lateral view 1.2 times as long as high, polished. Mesoscutum uneven, shiny. Metanotum as in cf. Fig. 113. Propodeum along medio-longitudinal carina rugulose, posteriorly with a transverse carina, otherwise polished. (Fig. 57). Hind femur less thick, 3.3 times as long as broad distally (Fig. 58). – Fore wing: pterostigma 2.35 times as long as wide, issuing r just proximally from its midpoint, 2–SR somewhat shorter (17:15) than width of pterostigma, 1– R 1 0.25 times as long as pterostigma (Fig. 59). First discal cell high, 1–M 1.5 as long as m–cu, parallel nerv (3–CU1 + CU1a) weakly distinct (Fig. 60). – Sclerotized (brown) plate of first tergite spatulate, that of second tergite fairly wide and bent as in Fig. 61. Ovipositor sheath long, as long as tarsomeres 1–3 of hind tarsus. – Scape and pedicel light brown, flagellum brown. Head and mesosoma brown, metasoma somewhat lighter brown than head and mesosoma combined. Tegula light brown. Membranous part of tergites pale yellow. Legs yellow. Wings subhyaline, i.e. feebly brownish fumous. Pterostigma and veins light brown.

Deviating features of the single female paratype – Body 2 mm long. First flagellomere 1.2 times as long as broad preapically. Pterostigma 2.6 times as long as wide, 2–SR as long as width of pterostigma. Sclerotized (brown) plate of first tergite less spatulate-shape.

Male and host unknown.

Distribution – Colombia.

Taxonomic position – The new species, Mirax (Centistidea) linguaris , is nearest to M. (C.) fuscus sp. n. considering their common features: brownish to brown corporal colour, receded temple in dorsal view (Figs 39, 56) face twice as wide as high; the two species can be distinguished by the features detailed in key-couplet 7.