Eudiospilus rubrumbarus Zhang & Sharanowski, 2014

Zhang, Y. Miles & Sharanowski, Barbara J., 2014, New species of Eudiospilus (Braconidae, Brachistinae) from Madagascar with a review of the genus and key to species, Zootaxa 3838 (1), pp. 120-126 : 121-125

Eudiospilus rubrumbarus Zhang & Sharanowski , n. sp.

( Figs. 2 , 4, 6 , 9,10)

Type locality. Madagascar: Ranomafana National Park

Holotype. f, deposited at California Academy of Sciences ( CAS) . Holotype labels: 1. Fianarantsoa Parc Nat. Ranomafana, radio twr @ Forest edge: 21°15.05”S 47° 25.43”E 1130 m, 27.ii-9.iii.2003; MA-2-9B-54 R. Harin’Hala; CAS; MT, trop forest. 2. DNA Voucher #BJS014 S Secondary Voucher Hymenoptera Institute University of Kentucky. The left fore leg is missing, and the left fore wing is separated from the body and glued onto the point .

Paratype. f, deposited at Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Same locality label as holotype. DNA Voucher #BJS014 (Genbank Accession as “ Diospilus sp. 5 ” # ACC JF979961.1; 28S JF979827.1; 28S JF979690.1; 18S JF979552.1 Hymenoptera Institute University of Kentucky.)

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from E. conradti using the following combination of characters: head largely black ( Figs. 2 , 4 ), antennal segments brown basally and apically, intersected by a band of 11 white segments; propodeum rugose-rugulose without median furrow ( Fig. 6 ); fore wing 2a present, not reaching the margin of the wing ( Fig. 9 ); hind wing 2-1A very short, not reaching the margin of the wing ( Fig. 10 ); tergite 2 with brown band on posterior margin; and ovipositor 1.1x longer than the total length of body ( Fig. 2 ). Eudiospilus rubrumbarus is restricted to Madagascar, while E. conradti is found in Cameroon and Angola.

Description. Female. Body length 6.5mm.

Color. Head black except clypeus and proximal half of mandible yellow; scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1–14 and 27–34 brown, flagellomeres 14–26 white (dyed pink in holotype due to red label leaching); body testaceous; tergite 2 with a brown band dorsally; fore and hind wings subhyaline, pterostigma dark brown and veins brown.

Head. Head width 1.6x as long in dorsal view, umbilicate punctured; OOL (the shortest distance between the edge of posterior ocellus to the margin of the compound eye) 5.3x as long as POL (the shortest distance between the edges of both posterior ocelli); 34 antennal segments, antennal keel present; first flagellomere 2.5x as long as broad apically; clypeus 3.8x as wide as high, anterior margin crenate with two small teeth ( Fig. 4 ).

Mesosoma. Mesosoma length 1.8x its height in lateral view; pronope present and deep; notauli evenly deep, crenulate; pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum, and mesopleuron smooth, shiny; sternaulus present, crenulate; propodeum rugose-rugulose anteriorly, carinae obliterated, posterior areola present ( Fig 6 ). Wings: Fore wing 4.5 mm in length, shorter than body; 3RSa 1.2x as long as 2RS; pterostigma 3.4x as long as wide ( Fig. 9 ); 1a and 2a present ( Fig. 9 ). Hind wing with 2-1A not reaching margin of the wing ( Fig. 10 ). Legs: Hind femur 4.3x long as broad medially; basitarsus long, 3.3x longer than tarsomere 2; claws simple.

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.5x its apical width in dorsal view, rugose; tergite 2 slightly raised anteromedially, with a brown band on the posterior edge; ovipositor longer than body (1.1x).

Male. Unknown.

Variations. Paratype with 39 antennal segments (1–13 brown, 14–27 white, 28–39 brown); frons white (possible result of DNA extraction process), clypeus black; tergite 2 without brown band.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Etymology. In honor of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the “Red Baron”, as the coloration on the head of this species resembles that of a leather aviator helmet.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. 1. Lateral habitus of Eudiospilus conradti holotype. 2. Lateral habitus of Eudiospilus rubrumbarus holotype.

FIGURES 3–7. Eudiospilus conradti: 3. Frontal view of head. Inset: Line drawing of clypeal margin. 5. Propodeum. Arrow: median furrow. Inset: Median furrow shape. 7. Fore wing. E. rubrumbarus: 4. Frontal view of head. Inset: Line drawing of clypeal margin. 6. Propodeum (paratype).

FIGURES 8–10. E. conradti: 8. Fore and hindwing. Arrows: 2-1A reaching margin of hindwing. E. rubrumbarus: 9. Forewing. Arrow: Presence of 2a. 10. Hindwing. Arrow: 2-1A not reaching margin of hindwing.