Mirax (Centistidea) ubangus, 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 : 119-121

Mirax (Centistidea) ubangus sp. n.

(Figs 90–100)

Material examined (4 ff+ 2 mm) – Female holotype (in Boyacá) and one male para- type (in Budapest ): Colombia, Boyacá SFF, Iguaque Cabaña Carrizal , 2850 m, 5˚27’N / 73˚27’W, taken with Malaise trap, 24 February – 9 March 2011, leg. P. Reina (M 1358). Two female and one male paratypes (in Boyacá): Colombia, Boyacá SFF, Iguaque Lagunillas, 3380 m, taken with Malaise trap, 9–24 February 2001, leg. P. Reina (M 1272). One female paratype (in Budapest): Colombia, Magdalena PNN, Tayrona Palangana, 30 m, 11˚20’N / 74˚2’W, taken with Malaise trap, 14–28 July 2001, leg. R. Henriquez (M 2017) .

Types condition – Types are in good condition: every specimen glued on card points by their right pleuron (holotype, 1 f + 2 m paratypes) or by their hind part of mesosternum and middle coxae (2 f paratypes).

Types depositories – Holotype and two female + one male paratypes are deposited in Alexander Humboldt Institute, Villa de Leyva , Boyacá, Bogota ( Colombia); one female and one male paratypes in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hym. Typ. Nos 12074–12075.

Etymology – The new species received the fantasy name ”ubangus”.

Description of the female holotype – Body 2 mm long. Antenna just longer than body, first flagellomere a bit longer than second flagellomere, first flagellomere 6.5 times as long as broad preapically (Fig. 90), penultimate flagellomere twice as long as broad. Head in dorsal view transverse (Fig. 91), 1.7 times as broad as long, eye relatively short: 1.35 times as long as temple, temple rounded. Inner margin of eyes converging ventrally, face 1.6 times as wide as high (cf. Fig. 79, see arrows). Head polished. – Mesosoma in lateral view 1.25 times as long as high, polished. Metanotum as in cf. Fig. 115. Propodeum with a medio-longitudinal carina and with transverse carinula as in Fig. 92, otherwise propodeum polished. Hind femur four times as long as broad medially (Fig. 93). – Fore wing: pterostigma rather narrow, 2.8 times as long as wide, issuing r from its midpoint, 2–SR 1.4 times as long as width of pterostigma, 2–M present (Fig. 94). First discal cell high, 1–M 1.5 times as long as m–cu, 1–M and 1–SR–M equal in length, 1–SR–M anteriorly weakly sclerotized (Fig. 95). – Sclerotized (brown) plate of first tergite wide spoon-shape, feebly angled, that Figs 90–100. Mirax (Centistidea) ubangus sp. n. (female, holotype: Figs 90–96): 90 = flagellomeres 1–3, 91 = head in dorsal view, 92 = propodeum, 93 = hind femur, 94 = pterostigma and 2–SR of right fore wing, 95 = first discal cell, 96 = tergites 1–3, 97 = head in dorsal view (female paratype), 98 = propodeum (male paratype), 99 = hind femur (female and male paratypes), 100 = first tergite (male paratype).

of second tergite straight and less sclerotized laterally, membranous part of third tergite unusually large and quadrate-form (Fig. 96). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind basitarsus. – Antenna brownish black, pedicel apically light brownish, head and mesosoma black, metasoma blackish with blackish brown pattern. Oral parts and tegula brownish. Legs light brown with yellowish pattern. Membranous part of tergites brown. Wings hyaline, pterostigma yellowish, veins brownish to yellowish.

Deviating features of the three female paratypes – Similar to the female holotype. Body 1.8–1.9 mm long. Head in dorsal view 1.7–1.85 times as broad as log (1.7: 1 f: Fig. 91, 1.85: 2 ff: Fig. 97). Hind femur 4–5 times as long as broad medially (4x: 1 f: Fig. 93, 4.4x: 1 f, 5x: 1 f: Fig. 99). Legs brown (1 f); two females albanic forms: oral organs, tegula and legs yellow (hind tibia + tarsus blackish: 1 f). Legs yellow with feeble brownish tint, hind tibia and tarsus darkening.

Description of the two male paratypes – Similar to the female types. Body 1.8–2 mm long. Flagellomeres 1–2 equal in length. Head in dorsal view 1.85 times as broad as long (Fig. 97). Propodeum nearly entirely rugulose (Fig. 98). Hind femur five times as long as broad medially (Fig. 99). Sclerotized (brown) plate of first tergite wider than that of holotype (Fig. 100).

Host unknown.

Distribution – Colombia.

Taxonomic position – The new species, Mirax (Centistidea) ubangus , is nearest to M. (C.) politus sp. n. as well as to M. (C.) vertus sp. n., their distinctions are presented at the latter two species. – In key the new species runs to M. (C.) topali Papp , see key-couplet 17.