Aleiodes pronopus, 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 : 173-174

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3457.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A8F8CF32-00EA-4877-A299-872C6B2081BA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10539597
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D272257-9EC9-E3B2-FF4D-F8CBD9BA64BC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aleiodes pronopus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Aleiodes pronopus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, checkpoint 2, 2.viii.2006, 18° 31.554 N, 98° 29.940 E, 1700m, A. Areeluck (voucher BCLDQ00166, Genbank JQ388342 View Materials ) ( QSBG). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 1 ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, checkpoint 2, 9.viii.2006, 18° 31.554 N, 98° 29.940 E, 1700m, Y Areeluck (voucher BCLDQ00195, Genbank JQ388331 View Materials ) ( BMNH) GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂, as previous but 8.v.2007 (voucher BCLDQ00209: the specimen furthest from the pin of 2 card-mounted ♂, Genbank JF962537 View Materials ) and individual closer to the pin and un-sequenced ( QSBG) ; 1 ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, Summit forest , 29.xii.2006, 18° 35.361 N, 98° 29.157 E, 2500m, Y Areeluck (voucher BCLDQ00169, Genbank JQ388340 View Materials ) ( HIC) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, as previous but 22.vii.2006 (voucher BCLDQ00222, Genbank JQ388469 View Materials ) ( QSBG)

Body length 6.2 mm, fore wing length 5.3 mm and antenna length 8.0 mm.

Antenna with 57 (♀) or 56 (♀) flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed, hardly acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximately as long as wide. Frons with strong subparallel posteriorly converging striation between antennal sockets and stemmaticum. Occipital carina complete, dorsally rounded, ventrally slightly reduced but joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron and mesosternum shiny with moderately dense punctures at the bases of setae, precoxal sulcus deep and narrow, foveate, specular area not differentiated. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina strong on anterior 0.6 of propodeum, weak or obliterated posteriorly. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.7 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.2 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.8 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.05 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell glabrous on anterior half. Hind wing vein m-cu absent. Apex of hind tibia without comb of specialised, adpressed setae. Claws with 2 or 3 separated pectenl teeth on basal half of basal lobe. Basal lobes of first tergite angularly protruding and concave posteriorly. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite absent.

Antenna brown yellow basally becoming black gradually, females with flagellomeres 28–35 (♀) or 30–41 (♂) white.

Etymology. In reference to the pronope.