Aspilota (Grandilota)

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Santa, Fernando, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2025, Review of the genera and subgenera of the subtribe Aspilotina (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with a new illustrated key, ZooKeys 1229, pp. 133-200 : 133-200

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1229.142489
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14932146
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scientific name	Aspilota (Grandilota)
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Subgenus Grandilota Fischer, 2002 , stat. nov.

Grandilota Fischer, 2002: 103; Yu et al. 2016. View in CoL

Type species.

Grandilota kenyaensis Fischer, 2002 , by original designation (Figs 8 View Figure 8 , 9 View Figure 9 ).

Material examined.

Holotype ( Grandilota kenyaensis ). Kenya: • ♀, Mt. Elgon Natural Park , bamboo (Arundinaria alpine) thicket, 2740 m; swept. No. 496, 22. i. 1992 (G. Varkonyl leg.) [Hym. Typ. No. Mus. Budapest 11673] ( HNHM) . Paratype ( Grandilota kenyaensis ) Kenya: • ♀, same label as holotype but [Hym. Typ. No. Mus. Budapest 11674] ( HNHM) .

Diagnosis.

Mandible well developed, tridentate, with upper (first) tooth diminished to respect to lower (third) tooth. Paraclypeal fovea long, reaching inner margin of eyes. Mesoscutum without mesoscutal pit; notauli present only in anterior half of mesoscutum; precoxal sulcus present; propodeum with pentagonal areola, delineated by carinae. In fore wing, marginal cell reaching apex of wing; vein r originating from basal quarter of pterostigma; vein 2 - SR present and sclerotised; veins m-cu and cu-a postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed postero-apically by CU 1 a vein. In hind wing, subbasal cell open. Metasoma of ♀ more or less distinctly compressed laterally. Ovipositor sheath not longer than metasoma.

Remarks.

This subgenus has only one known species, Aspilota (Grandilota) kenyaensis Fischer, 2002 , from Kenya and shares the main characters with Aspilota sensu stricto, however, the subbasal cell of the hind wing open distally (absent vein cu-a) and the wing membrane is pigmented, which distinguishes it at the subgeneric level.

References

Fischer M (2002) Ubersicht uber die Gattungen der Aspilota - Genusgruppe mit Neubeschreibung von Grandilota nov. gen. sowie Redeskription von Regetus Papp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oesterreichischer Entomologen 54 (3 - 4): 99-108.

Yu DS, van Achterberg C, Horstmann K (2016) Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario.

Figures

Figure 8. Aspilota (Grandilota) kenyaensis (Fischer, 2002), comb. nov. (holotype, female) A habitus, lateral view B head and mesosoma, lateral view C mandible D antenna E head, front view F head, dorsal view.

Figure 9. Aspilota (Grandilota) kenyaensis (Fischer, 2002), comb. nov. (holotype, female) A mesonotum, dorsal view B propodeum. C legs, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view D first metasomal tergite, dorsal view E fore and hind wings.