Gasteruption rafaeli, Macedo, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3030.1.1 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF5828-A872-8F07-FDA6-A8E49ED95D2F |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Gasteruption rafaeli |
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sp. nov. |
Gasteruption rafaeli n. sp. ( Figs. 1b View FIGURE 1 , 20 View FIGURE 20 , 27g View FIGURE 27 )
Etymology. The epithet for this species is in honor of Dr. José Albertino Rafael, curator of Hymenoptera, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia , who collected all Brazilian specimens.
Diagnosis. Differs from G. brandaoi by the mesoscutum not rugose and with lesser dense punctuation ( Fig. 20c View FIGURE 20 ); and the pronotum ventral lobe rugulose ( Fig. 20d View FIGURE 20 ). Differs from other Neotropical species by the mesoscutum punctate; the metacoxa striate ( Fig. 27g View FIGURE 27 ); the occipital carina wide dorsally and laterally ( Fig. 20b View FIGURE 20 ) (rarely narrow dorsally); the head longer than wide ( Fig. 20a View FIGURE 20 ); the ovipositor sheath longer than the metasoma ( Fig. 20e View FIGURE 20 ); and the fore wing discal cell absent ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 ).
Description. Female ( Fig. 20e View FIGURE 20 ). Length: 15.3 mm (14.1–17.2 mm) (n=16); ovipositor sheath length 0.90 (0.83–0.94) × body length.
Head. Subtrapezoidal in dorsal view, longer than wide ( Fig. 20a View FIGURE 20 ), punctulate; mandible pre-apical tooth distinct; malar space short, almost separated from gena; posterior ocellus inserted at the level of upper eye margin; occipital carina relatively wide dorsally and laterally (rarely narrow dorsally) ( Fig. 20b View FIGURE 20 ). Head length 1.39 (1.31– 1.43) × eye length; eye length 20.26 (16.00–25.67) × malar space; distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 2.19 (1.94–2.38) × distance between posterior ocelli; 1 st flagellomere 1.05 (1.00–1.13) × as long as scape, 1.44 (1.20–1.70) × as long as pedicel, 0.56 (0.50–0.64) × as long as 2 nd flagellomere. Color: black, clypeus with anterior portion lighter than remaining, antenna dark brown.
Mesosoma. Propleuron imbricate; pronotal process distinct; pronotum imbricate rugulose, area between lobes crenulate; mesonotum rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 20d View FIGURE 20 ); mesoscutum punctate ( Fig. 20c View FIGURE 20 ); mesoscutelum imbricate; mesepisternum imbricate dorsally and areolate (or rugulose) ventrally; mesepimeron scrobiculate; metapleuron areolate, ventral region with a reduced smooth portion; propodeum areolate, longitudinal carina indistinct or present ( Fig. 27g View FIGURE 27 ); metacoxa finely striate. Mesosoma (excluding propleuron) 1.86 (1.79–2.04) × as long as high; propleuron 2.02 (1.80–2.20) × longer than its largest wide, 1.34 (1.23–1.42) × pronotum length; metacoxa 2.76 (2.60–3.09) × as long as wide; metatibia 4.64 (3.58–5.04) × as long as wide, 1.42 (1.33–1.45) × as long as femur, 2.70 (1.97–2.85) × as long as 1 st tarsomere. Fore wing discal cell absent ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 ); hind wing with 3 hamuli, not equidistant. Color: black to dark brown, with anterior and posterior lobes of pronotum lighter; fore and middle legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia yellow brown to red brown, tibia with a yellow longitudinal stripe, tarsus yellow, with apical tarsomeres gradually darker than basal ones; hind leg with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia dark brown, subbasal portion of tibia yellow, 1 st tarsomere yellow, with base dark brown, 2 nd yellow to dark brown, 3 rd – 5 th dark brown.
Metasoma. Imbricate, 3.20 (3.00–3.46) × as long as mesosoma; subgenital sternun notched, Y-shaped; ovipositor sheath 1.44 (1.31–1.51) × as long as metasoma. Color: terga dark brown, with posterior regions red brown; ovipositor sheath dark brown, with apex yellow brown.
Male. Similar to female; hind tarsus entirely dark brown.
Geographic distribution: Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Venezuela.
Material examined. Holotype, female ( INPA): BRAZIL: Amazonas : Manaus , Campus Universitário, Malaise, 18.XI.1978, J.A. Rafael.
Paratypes: BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Campus Universitário, Malaise , 26.VIII.1978, 9.IX.1978, 18.XI.1978, 25.XI.1978, 23.VI.1979, 28.VII.1979, 04.VIII.1979, 08.IX.1979, 7.VI.1982, 11.VI.1982, 23.VI.1982, 28.VII.1982, 20.VIII.1982, J.A. Rafael, 11♀, 17♂ ( INPA) ; Pará: Alter do Chão , 15–18.II.1992, J.A. Rafael, 1♀ ( INPA) ; VENEZUELA: Aragua: 2 km N Ocumare de la Costa , 21–22. VI .1976, A.S. Menke & D. Vincent, 1♀ ( USNM) ; Zulia: Puerto de Cata , 10–11. VI .1976, A.S. Menke & D. Vincent, 2♀ ( USNM) .
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