Aleiodes etvalinus, 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 : 96-97

Aleiodes etvalinus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet Province, Mae Wong NP, behind checkpoint 63, 3.ix.2007, 18° 2.333' N, 99° 13.96' E, 306m, W Srilopien (voucher BCLDQ01530, Genbank JN278283 ) ( QSBG).

Length of body 4.5 mm, of fore wing 3.2 mm and of antenna 4.8 mm.

Antenna broken. Median flagellomeres 3 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete, irregular, joining hypostomal carina ventrally. Mesopleuron largely aciculate with longitudinal rugulose sculpture dorsally along whole length, precoxal sulcus weaky impressed, rugulose, speculum absent. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina broken posteromedially. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 2.1 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.7 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.05 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.55 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.45 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu absent. Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae. Claws with pecten of fine teeth on basal lobe. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite large angular posteriorly concave. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite not distinct from other longitudinal striation. 4 th metasomal tergite with posteriorly diverging striation medially.

Etymology. From Latin et meaning ‘and’ and ‘valine’ in reference to it sharing the amino acid valine at codon at bases 1783–1785 along with A. valinus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 68. A. etvalinus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face, C, head and anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; D, head, lateral view; E, mesosoma, latteral view; F, wings; G, metasoma.