Notiospathius columbianus ( Enderlein, 1912 )

Rodriguez-Jimenez, Andrea & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2016, Taxonomic synopsis of Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 151-206 : 175-176

Notiospathius columbianus ( Enderlein, 1912)

( Figs 23, 25, 27 )

Psenobolus columbianus Enderlein, 1912: 6 .

Variation with respect to holotype. Females. Body length: 4.00– 6.10 mm. Color. Head mainly honey, or honey yellow-brown. Periocellar area black, or dark brown. Scape yellow with a weakly longitudinal dark brown stripe. Pedicel honey yellow with a wide longitudinal dark brown stripe. Annulus with 13–15 flagellomeres yellow apically. Flagellomeres before annuli brown to dark brown. Mesosoma mainly honey-black. Lateral mesoscutal lobes honey, or honey-dark brown. Median mesoscutal lobe brown-honey yellow, or honey. Venter of mesosoma honey, or honey-dark brown. Pronotum black-honey. First tergum honey, or honey-dark brown, or black-dark brown. Second tergum brown-honey yellow, or dark brown, or dark brown-honey yellow, or brown. Third tergum honey yellow-dark brown, or brown-yellow, or yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe, or honey yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe. Fourth tergum honeyyellow basomedially, yellow apically with a transversal light brown, or yellow, or yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe, or dark brown. Fifth tergum brown-yellow, or yellow to light brown. Sixth tergum yellow, or brown-yellow. Fore and middle femur pale yellow base, light brown apically with yellow at apex. Fore and middle tibia brown, yellow apically. Hind coxa honey yellow turning yellow apically, or honey turning yellow apically, or dark brown with yellow apically. Hind trochantellus pale yellow, honey at apex. Hind femur pale yellow basally, light brown or honey yellow apically. Hind tibia pale yellow basally, honey yellow and at apex yellow, or pale yellow basally, brown and at apex yellow. Hind tarsi brown-honey, or brown. Wings dusky. Tegula yellow, or honey yellow. Stigma dark brown, or white-dark brown, or white-brown.

Head. Head 0.70–0.80 x higher than wide. Face costate-rugose. minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.89– 0.95. Frons costate-rugose, or weakly transversely costate-rugose, or strongly rugose. Vertex transversely costate. Eye 1.14–1.23 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance twice diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.22–0.36 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.39–0.57. Supraclypeal area 0.40–0.60 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area smooth, or smooth-weakly costate. Scape 0.6–1.00 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 33–42.

Mesosoma. Pronotum rugose laterally and ventrally, or costate-rugose laterally and rugose ventrally. Pronotal groove laterally weakly scrobiculate-smooth. Propleuron weakly costate-rugose-smooth, or weakly rugose-weakly coriaceous-smooth at apex. Mesoscutum medially costate-rugose, or costate- weakly rugose. Scutellum (scutellar disc) very weakly coriaceous-smooth, or smooth. Precoxal sulcus broad, deep and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus length 0.67–0.83 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron porcate dorsally, porcate-rugose medially, and porcate-smooth ventrally, or costate dorsally and medially, costate-coriaceous ventrally, or costate dorsally, rugose-coriaceous medially and ventrally, or costate dorsally, costate-rugose medially and rugose-coriaceous ventrally, or porcate dorsally, rugose medially and rugose-smooth ventrally. Venter of mesosoma weakly coriaceous, or very weakly coriaceous-smooth and polished. Metapleuron costate-rugose. Propodeum rugose-costate with two sublateral, longitudinal and complete carinae. Propodeal apico-lateral corners absent. Propodeal short tubercle at apicallateral corners.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.40–0.52. Vein (RS+M)b distinct. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.005–0.20. Vein r 0.20–0.40 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a interstitial with or slightly antefurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.47–0.66. Vein cu-a 0.13–0.24 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.19–0.41.

Legs. Ventral part of hind coxa rugose. Hind coxa 0.50–0.60 length of hind femur. Hind femur in dorsal view granulate, or weakly striate-weakly coriaceous.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.71–3.00. First tergum 1.00–3.40 x longer than apical width. Second tergum weakly costate at base, remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 2.30–4.30 mm long. Ovipositor 0.94–1.79 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 2.40–4.30 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female examined, ZMHB. Females ( ICN): one female, Colombia, Vaupés, Estación Biológica Mosiro-Itajura (Caparú), Centro Ambiental, 1º4'S 69º31’W, 60m, Malaise, 04–11.iii.2003, J. Pinzón Leg. M.3621 ICN 056045; one female, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, Alto el Mirador, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 180m, Malaise, 10–26.vi.2000, H. Torres, Leg. ICN 056047; two females, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Várzea, B. secundario Bocas R. Amacayacu 2–ix. 97 F.F. ICN 0 56044 and ICN 039775; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Malaise Feb. 89 M. Kelsey leg. ICN 039762; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Cabaña Lorena, 3º0'S 69º59’W, 210m, Malaise, Dosel, 27/08/2001, 01/09/2001, D. Campos Leg. M.2233 ICN 0 88417, and Females (IAvH): two females, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, El Saman, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 5m Malaise, 06–22.iii.2001 H. Torres Leg. M.1476 IAvH-E 113987 and IAvH-E 113988; two females, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, Mancora, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 60m, Malaise, 09–25.v.2000, H. Torres Leg. M.318 IAvH-E 113989 and IAvH-E 113990; one female, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, Mancora, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 60m, Malaise, 24.iii. 08.iv.2000, R. Duque, Leg. M.52 IAvH-E 114182; two females, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, Mancora, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 60m, Malaise, 08–30.xi.2000, H. Torres Leg. M.1085 IAvH-E 114172 and IAvH-E 114173; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Red, 04.xii.2000, D. Chota Leg. M.2557 IAvH-E 113914; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Malaise Feb. 89 M. Kelsey leg. IAvH-E 114270; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise, 25.ix.09.x.2000, A. Parente, Leg. M.851 IAvH-E 114162; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º46'S 70º18’W, 150m, Malaise, 07–15.ii.2001, B. Amado Leg. M.2038 IAvH-E 113910; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise, 15/10/2001, 05/11/2001, D. Chota Leg. M.2771 IAvH-E 113913; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise, 16/04/2001, 07/05/2001, A. Parente, Leg. M.1857 IAvH- E 114186; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise 2, 25.viii. 03.ix.2001 D. Chota Leg. M.2244 IAvH-E 114175; one female, Colombia, Caquetá, PNN Chiribiquete Pto Abeja Cll - 226m 0º4’N 72º27’W 210m. Malaise. 14–23.i.2000 C. Arenas Leg. IAvH-E 114303; one female, Colombia, Putumayo, PNN La Paya, Salao Grande, 0º1'S 74º56’W, 330m, Red 1, 22.ix.2001, D. Campos Leg. M.2087 114191; one female, Colombia, Putumayo, PNN La Paya, La Nueva Paya, 0º2'S 75º12’W, 210m, Malaise, 31.i. 03.ii.2003, C. Sarmiento Leg. M.3423 IAvH-E 114199; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º23'S 70º06’W, Malaise, 26–x. 3.xi. 2000, 150m, A. Parente Leg. IAvH-E 114277; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise, 16/04/2001, 07/05/2001, A. Parente, Leg. M.1857 IAvH-E 114262; two females, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º23'N 70º06’W, 150m, Malaise, 29.iv–06.v.2000, B. Amado Leg. IAvH-E 114263 and IAvH-E 114265; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º23'N 70º06’W, 150m, Malaise, 11–29.xi.2000, B. Amado Leg. IAvH-E 114275; one female, Colombia, Putumayo., PNN La Paya, Nacimiento Qda. Blanca, 0º1'S 75º12’W, 330m, Red, 24–24.ix.2001, E. González, Leg. M.2086 IAvH-E 113915; one female, Colombia, Vichada, PNN Tuparro, Centro Adm., 5º21'N 67º51’W, 140m, Malaise, 24.vi.15.vii.2000, W. Villalba, Leg IAvH-E 114310.

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 27. Notiospathius ugaldei and N. columbianus holotypes. N. ugaldei: 22) habitus, 24) head in anterior view, and 26) mesosoma in lateral view. N. columbianus: 23) habitus, 25) head in anterior view, and 27) mesosoma in lateral-ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.