Trigastrotheca sureeratae Quicke & Butcher, 2017

Quicke, Donald L. J., Van Noort, Simon, Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil, Friedman, Ariel L. L., Mejlon, Hans & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, Revision of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 115-167 : 115-167

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1205.125014
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12210583
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scientific name	Trigastrotheca sureeratae Quicke & Butcher, 2017
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Treatment

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Material examined.

1 ♀, Thailand, Nan Province, Sakaerat , 22. iv. 2022 ( CUMZ). DNA voucher P. I. D. BBTH 3136-22 .

Diagnosis, female.

Similar to male except body length 5.0 mm. Antenna with 38 flagellomeres. Median flagellomeres as long as wide. First flagellomere 1.0 × longer than 2 nd and 3 rd, respectively, 1.6 × longer than wide. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 2.4: 1.3: 1.0. Inter tentorial distance: tentorio-ocular distance = 1.5: 1.0. Frons with strong mid-longitudinal carina. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1.3: 1.0: 3.0. Lengths of veins r-rs: 3 RSa: 3 RSb = 1.0: 1.3: 4.6. Lengths of veins 2 RS: 3 RSa: rs-m = 1.2: 1.2: 1.0. Base of hind wing without large glabrous area. Lengths of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsus = 1.0: 1.0: 1.3. Lengths of hind femur: hind tibia: hind tarsus = 1.0: 1.4: 1.3. T 2 with parallel sided sublateral grooves. Second metasomal suture straight. Median length of T 3 1.1 × T 2. Mesoscutum with three longitudinal black patches. Propodeum black anterior 2 / 3. T 2 with narrow black longitudinal patch.

Notes.

The female specimen of T. sureeratae is comes close to T. laikipiensis and the differences are mentioned in the taxonomic key.

References

Quicke DLJ, Butcher BA, Ranjith AP, Belokobylskij SA (2017) Revision of the non-Afrotropical species of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4242 (1): 95 - 110. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4242.1. 5

Figures

Figure 32. Trigastrotheca nigricornis ♀ holotype A remains of tergites, dorsal view B remains of wings.

Figure 33. Trigastrotheca romani ♀ holotype A habitus, lateral view B head, anterior view C habitus dorsal view [notes: color is artefactually redder than in reality; labels inset] D head, dorsal view E TT 2–5, lateral view F metasoma, dorsal view.