Aleiodes andinus Shaw & Shimbori, 2020

Shaw, Scott R., Shimbori, Eduardo M. & Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., 2020, A revision of the Aleiodes bakeri (Brues) species subgroup of the A. seriatus species group with the descriptions of 18 new species from the Neotropical Region, ZooKeys 964, pp. 41-107 : 41

Aleiodes andinus Shaw & Shimbori sp. nov. Figs 4-7

Type material.

Holotype, female (MUSM) "PERU: CUSCO, La Convención, Echarate, C. Segakiato. 11°45'38.6"S, 73°14'57.7"W 908m. 01.ii.2011. M. Alvarado & E Rázuri.”

Description.

Body length 8.1 mm. Fore wing length 6.4 mm.

Head. In dorsal view eye length/temple 4.0. Eye height/head width 0.4. Eye height/minimum distance between eyes 1.1. OD/POL 2.2. OD/OOL 2.4. Frons excavated. Frons lateral carina present. Occipital carina dorsally complete, weakly curved. Occiput in dorsal view nearly straight, not indented medially. Occipital carina ventrally meeting hypostomal carina. Mid-longitudinal crest at upper face present. Hypoclypeal depression/face width 0.33. Malar space/eye height 0.19. Face height/width 0.7. Clypeus height/width 0.66. Clypeus convex, granulate. Sculpture of head mostly shiny granulate. Face weakly rugose, transversely rugose-striate around median crest.

Antenna. Antennal segments 55. Antenna/body length 1.2. Scape/pedicel length 2.3. Length of first/second flagellomere 1.2. Fourth flagellomere length/apical width 1.7. Tip of apical segment of antenna pointed.

Mesosoma. Length/height ~ 1.6. Width of mesoscutum/width of head 0.7. Mesoscutum length/width ~ 1.1. Pronotal collar/vertex 0.7. Prescutellar sulcus with complete median carina, rugose laterally without distinct lateral carinae. Mesoscutum posterior border with distinct complete carina. Metanotum with mid-longitudinal carina complete, connecting to a carinate pit posteriorly, carina bisecting posterior pit, although weaker posteriorly. Metanotum mid-pit present, delimited by carinae. Mid-longitudinal carina of propodeum present at basal 0.7, absent posteriorly. Ventral mid-line of mesopleuron set within shallow smooth sulcus; pit at ventral mid-line absent. Notauli weakly indicated anteriorly, indistinctly crenulate. Sternaulus weakly indicated anteriorly, rugose. Sculpture of mesosoma mostly granulate. Pronotum rugose laterally, or granulate ventrally, pronotal groove crenulate anteriorly, short subventral longitudinal carina present. Mesopleuron rugose below subalar groove. Subalar groove crenulate. Mid-posterior region of mesoscutum rugose. Mesoscutellar trough entirely costate. Metanotum mostly smooth and weakly crenulate. Propodeum mostly rugose.

Wings. Fore wing: Stigma length/height 3.4. Vein r/2RS 1.3. Vein r/RS+Mb 1.2. Vein 3RSa/2RS 1.8. Vein 3RSa/2M 0.83. Vein 3RSa/3RSb 0.46. Vein 1CUa/1CUb 1.0. Vein 1CUa/2CUa 2.1. Vein 1cu-a weakly inclivous. Vein 1M nearly straight. Vein RS+Ma virtually straight. Vein M+CU weakly sinuate. Vein 1-1A very weakly sinuate apically. Vein 1a absent. Second submarginal cell trapezoidal. Subbasal cell glabrous, with two parallel rows of short setae subapically, a row of setae just below of vein 1CUa and M+CU apically, a row of setae apically just above vein 1-1A, and sparsely setose at base. Basal cell evenly setose. Hind wing: Vein RS bent at basal 0.3, with vein r. Marginal cell narrowest at base. Vein M+CU/1M 1.6. Vein M+CU/r-m 1.3. Vein m-cu present, spectral. Vein m-cu position relative to vein r-m antefurcal. Vein 2-1A absent. Basal cell sparsely setose, bare posteriorly.

Hind legs. Femur length/width 5.0. Length of tibia/tarsi ~ 0.9. Length of basitarsus/tarsi 2-4 ~ 0.7. Sculpture of hind coxa dorsally mostly shiny granular-coriaceous, finely striate apically. Tarsal claws not pectinate.

Metasoma. T1 length/apical width ~ 1.3. T2 length/apical width ~ 0.9. T3 length/apical width 0.7. Mid-longitudinal carina extending until near apex of T3. Metasoma sculpture T1 rugose, T2 and most of T3 striate-rugose, remainder metasoma smooth. Ovipositor sheath/hind basitarsus 0.5. Ovipositor sheaths narrow, with truncate apex; apical point absent.

Color. Brownish yellow. Antenna with basal 12-13 flagellomeres black, apical segments yellow. Wings tinged yellow; stigma and most veins yellow; vein 1M at basal 0.7 and vein 1CUa black, veins r, 2RS, and apex of and 2CUb brown; distinctly infuscate area around base of vein 1M and vein 1CUa, faintly infuscate spots below apex of vein 1-1A and around vein 2CUb.

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis.

Aleiodes andinus is similar to three other new species described in this paper, A. gonodontivorus , A. lidiae , and A. taurus , which also have a distinctly bicolored flagellum with rapid transition from dark to light color (Figs 4 , 41 , 59 , 79 ). However, those three species have a fore wing basal cell that is largely glabrous (Figs 47 , 63 , 83 ) and ovipositor sheath with an apical point (Figs 46 , 62 , 82 ), whereas the basal cell of A. andinus is evenly setose (Fig. 6 ) and the the ovipositor sheath lacks an apical point (Fig. 5 ).

Distribution.

Known only from the type-locality in Cusco, Peru.

Etymology.

The name refers to the Andes Mountains, which are prominent features of the Cusco region of Peru where the holotype specimen was collected.

Figures

Figures 4 - 7. Aleiodes andinus sp. nov. 4 lateral habitus 5 apex of metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view 6 basal cell of fore wing showing dense setae 7 head, dorsal view.

Figures 41 - 47. Aleiodes gonodontivorus sp. nov. 41 lateral habitus 42 head, anterior view 43 head, lateral view 44 wings 45 head, dorsal view 46 apex of metasoma showing ovipositor and sheath with apical point 47 fore wing basally.

Figures 59 - 63. Aleiodes lidiae sp. nov. 59 lateral habitus 60 head, anterior view 61 head, dorsal view 62 Apex of metasoma showing ovipositor and sheath with apical point 63 wings, basally.

Figures 79 - 84. Aleiodes taurus sp. nov. 79 lateral habitus 80 head, dorsal view 81 dorsal habitus 82 ovipositor sheaths showing rounded ends with apical point 83 wings 84 propodeum, dorsal view.