Retusigaster noguerai Mercado, 2003

Kang, Ilgoo, 2022, Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species, ZooKeys 1092, pp. 47-62 : 47

Retusigaster noguerai Mercado, 2003

Material examined.

Paratype Mexico: 1♀; Estacion de Biologia Chamela , Jalisco , Mexico; 3-9.vii.1993; Wharton & Sharkey. Non-type specimen Mexico • 1♀; same as previous except for collecting date and collector. 8.vii.1994; I. Mercado. Deposited in TAMU .

Diagnosis.

Retusigaster noguerai is similar to R. vanduzeei sp. nov. R. noguerai can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the combination of the following characters: body 4.5-6.0 mm; fore wing entirely infuscate with dark stigma; fore femur and tarsus pale; metasoma mostly dark; T2 1.0-1.3 × longer than its posterior width.

Description.

See Mercado and Wharton (2003).

Male. See Mercado and Wharton (2003).

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Neotropical region (Mexico).