Vojtechirogas heberti Quicke & van Achterberg, 2012

Quicke, Donald L. J., Smith, M. Alex, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Miller, Scott E. & Hrcek, Jan, 2012, A new genus and three new species of parasitoid wasp from Papua New Guinea and redescription of Trigonophatnus Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), Journal of Natural History 46 (21 - 22), pp. 1369-1385 : 1376-1377

Vojtechirogas heberti Quicke & van Achterberg sp. nov.

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Material examined

Holotype. Female, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, 30 February 2002, coll. Novotny, Hulcr, Boen, Auga, Tamtiai, Manaono, Hiuk, Isua, Kutil, Manumbor, Molem, Mogia, Damag. Reared from larva of Philiris helena (Snellen) (Lycaenidae) collected from Macaranga aleuritoides F. Muell. (USNM ENT 00209079, GenBank JQ388448 ) (USNM).

Diagnosis

Morphologically extremely similar to V. novotnyi ; differs mainly by the mediodorsally interrupted dorsal carina of the head, the presence of the shallow mediolongitudinal depression of the vertex, the slightly larger ocelli and somewhat large size.

Description

As V. novotnyi but length of forewing 5.7 mm and of body 6.6 mm. Dorsal carina of head interrupted mediodorsally and vertex with a shallow mediolongitudinal depression ( Figure 13 ). OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 8:3:8. Vein 1-R1 of forewing paler, similarly pigmented as vein 3-SR. Hind leg slightly wider than of V. novotnyi ; femur, tibia and basitarsus 4.2, 7.8 and 8.2 times their width, respectively. Head paler than mesoscutum.

Etymology

Named after Paul Hebert in recognition of his major contribution to systematics through his advocacy of DNA barcoding.

Figures

Figures 1–13. (1–12) Vojtechirogas novotnyi gen. nov. & sp. nov., paratype female (12 of second paratype). (13) V. herberti sp. nov., holotype female. (1) Wings; (2) outer hind claw; (3, 13) head, dorsal aspect; (4) mesosoma, dorsal aspect; (5) hind leg; (6) head, anterior aspect; (7) first metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect; (8) antenna; (9) habitus, lateral aspect; (10) hind tibial spurs; (11, 12) Detail of vein 1r-m and surrounding veins of hind wing. Magnification of scale line: 1.0× for 1, 5, 8, 9; 5.0× for 2; 1.5× for 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13; and 2.6× for 11, 12.

Figures 14–25. Trigonophatnus albobalteatus Cameron, holotype, female. (14) Wings; (15) hind tibial spurs; (16) occipital carina ventrally; (17) head, anterior aspect; (18) hind leg; (19) mesosoma, dorsal aspect; (20) first–third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; (21) head, dorsal aspect; (22) outer hind claw; (23) middle tibial spurs; (24) habitus, lateral aspect; (25) detail vein 1r-m and surrounding veins of hind wing. Magnification of scale line: 1.0× for 14, 18, 24; 5.0× for 15, 22, 23; and 2.0× for 16, 17, 19–21, 25.