Aleiodes darlingtonia, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 86-87

Aleiodes darlingtonia sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP Klong Morg Unit, 24.ii – 3.iii.2009, 8° 53.725' N, 98° 39.025’ E, 87m, Malaise trap, Pongphan (collection code T3941) (voucher BCLDQ01626, Genbank JN278355 ) ( QSBG).

Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype except 23–30xii.2008 (collection code T3898) (no sequence data) ( BMNH) ; 1♀, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, Headquarters, 10–17.ii.2009, 8° 54.896' N, 98° 31.81’ E, 115m, Malaise trap, Pongphan (collection code T3931) (voucher BCLDQ01480, Genbank JN278255 ) ( QSBG) ; 1♀, same as holotype except 17–24.iii.2009 (collection code T4476) ( HIC) .

Body length 3.5 mm, fore wing length 3.1 mm and antenna length 5.8 mm.

Antenna with 41 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere cylindrical and acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximaely 3 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete, mediodorsally forming a point where it is somewhate weaker; joining hypostomal carina ventrally. Mesopleuron largely shiny with strong longitudinal striation, speculum large and polished. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina complete but irregular posteriorly. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with narrow but distinct glabrous zone. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.2 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.2 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.5 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu represented by a reclivous, pigmented wing folf, interstitial. Hind coxa strongly obliquely striate basally dorsally and medially. Apex of hind tibia with well-developed comb of adpressed setae medially, but not ventrally. Claws with pecten of 4 brown teeth on basal lobe almost extending into gap between lobe and claw proper. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite weakly produced, anteriorly straight, weakly concave posteriorly. 3 rd tergite with midlongitudinal carina barely differentiated on anterior 0.2. 4 th tergite rather strongly emardinate posterolaterally, the lateral margin distinctly forming a tooth.

Etymology. Named after the resemblance of the shape of the metasomal carapace to the pitchers of the plant genus Darlingtonia.

Figures

FIGURE 59. A. darlingtonia sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head, dorsal view; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, mesosoma, dorsal view; E, metasoma, dorsal view; F, metasoma, lateral view.