Marshiella Shaw, 1985

Amat, Zibaidam, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Zhao, Guo-Shuai, Fang, Yu, Tang, Pu & Li, Qin, 2025, Unveiling a new taxon belonging to Marshiella Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 5679 (1), pp. 143-147 : 144

Marshiella Shaw, 1985

Marshiella Shaw, 1985: 329 ; Marsh et al., 1987: 98; Chen & van Achterberg, 1997: 313; Shaw, 1997: 403; Belokobylskij, 2000: 192; Shaw & Marsh, 2000: 277; Chen et al., 2004: 581.

Type species (by original designation): Streblocera pulvillicornis Walley & MacKay, 1963 .

Diagnosis: Female antenna raptorial; basal flagellomeres 1–4 flattened, somewhat heart-shaped in dorsal view, densely setose, setae flattened and broader apically ( Fig. 1 A–C ); occipital carina complete; malar suture present; precoxal sulcus impressed and sculptured; remainder of mesopleuron largely smooth; notauli completely present; scutellar suture deep and carinate; scutellum smooth; propodeum carinate with confused rugulose sculpture between carinae ( Fig. 2 D–F ); veins 1-SR+M and r-m of fore wing absent; vein M+CU of hind wing much longer than vein 1-M ( Fig. 2 G ); tarsal claws simple; first tergite narrow basally and gradually widened apically; ovipositor sheath slender, sparsely setose ( Fig. 2 H–I ).

Biology: Marshiella plumicornis ( Ruthe, 1856) has been reared from Attelabus monoceros (L.). ( Yu et al. 2016)

Distribution(Region): Eastern and Western Palaearctic; Europe; Nearctic; Neotropical; Oriental.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Marshiella baichengensis sp. nov. ♀, A, antenna, ventral aspect; B, basal half of antenna, ventral aspect; C, six basal antennomeres, ventral aspect.

FIGURE 2. Marshiella baichengensis sp. nov. ♀, holotype. A, body dorsal aspect; B, Head, anterior aspect; C, Head, dorsal aspect; D, Mesosoma, dorsal aspect; E, Mesosoma, lateral aspect; F, Propodeum, dorsal aspect; G, Wing; H, First metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect; I, Metasoma, dorsal aspect.